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Chum Salmon Tales

What's New? Introduction Chum Salmon Tales Respect! Honne Names the Salmon Whatever It Takes Recipe Challenge Life History Timeline for Life History, Growth, and Survival Chum Salmon Ages Embryonic Stages Juvenile Stages Adult Stages Chum Salmon Ecosytems Ocean Climate Effects Identifying Chum Salmon Viewing Chum Salmon Kennedy Creek Clarks Creek Piper's Creek Chum Salmon Colors Puget Sound Chum Salmon Introduction Stock Status Summer Chum Recovery Plan Summer Chum Recovery Planning Update Chum Management Management Chronology Fisheries Data Coastal Chum Salmon Introduction Stock Status Chum Management Fisheries Data Columbia River Chum Salmon Introduction Stock Status Recovery Efforts Fisheries Technical Reports Databases Glossary

The following are a series of stories and articles that relate to Washington State's chum salmon resource. Respect! An article describing why chum salmon in Washington State should be appreciated for their successes when other species have declined, and for their continuing contributions to local fisheries. Honne Names the Salmon A Chehalis Indian legend about how the spirit Honne named the different kinds of salmon and told each the streams they would inhabit and the seasons of their lives. The legend relates how the chum salmon was designated as the "Chief of the Fish", and came to have its unique "coat of colors". Whatever It Takes A story about chum salmon fighting to overcome obstacles to their upstream migration to the spawning grounds.

Respect!