Sockeye Salmon in the act of spawning
Underwater view of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the act of spawning in a clear groundwater fed stream in the Copper River Delta near Cordova, Alaska during summer.
Coho Salmon spawning in stained-water 18-mile Creek
Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) spawning in stained-water 18-mile Creek in the Copper River Delta coastal plain within the Chugach National Forest. Photographed in situ using a Canon 1D Mark IV camera in a Seacam underwater housing.
8. Rapid covering 2
Depicted here is the eighth image in a chronological series of underwater images illustrating details of the spawning activities of a single individual female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). Still at 14:37:05 our female pink salmon undulates her body to her right and raises a few of her eggs in the process of covering her redd. Location is Hartney Creek near Cordova, Alaska, USA.
4. Spawning commences
Depicted here is the fourth image in a chronological series of underwater images illustrating details of the spawning activities of a single individual female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). The female pink salmon with her successful alpha male commence to spawn at 14:36:56. A small cloud of milt is emerging from under the female’s posterior. Location is Hartney Creek near Cordova, Alaska, USA.
Pink Salmon spawning
Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning
Chinook Salmon in the act of spawning
Chinook Salmon (Onorhynchus tshawytscha) in the act of spawning in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska. Photographed in situ using a Canon 1Dx camera in a Seacam underwater housing.
A sneaker male joins a Chinook Salmon pair commencing to spawn
A sneaker male joins a Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) pair commencing to spawn in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska. Photographed in situ using a Canon 1Dx camera in a Seacam underwater housing.
A female Chinook Salmon squats on her excavated redd as she commences to spawn
A female Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) squats on her excavated redd as she commences to spawn in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska. Photographed in situ using a Canon 1Dx camera in a Seacam underwater housing.
A pair of Chum Salmon spawning
A pair of Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) spawning in Hartney Creek near Cordova, Alaska. Photographed in situ using a Canon 1Dx camera in a Seacam underwater housing.
Approaching sneaker male
A sneaker Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) male attempting to joing a pair already in the act of spawning in an Alaskan glacial creek. Photographed in situ using a Canon 1Dx camera in a Seacam underwater housing.
Coho Salmon in the act of spawning
Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the act of spawning
Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) gape while in the act of spawning. Gill rakes are clearly visible in the throat of the male nearest to the camera.
Dolly Varden Charr spawning
Southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) in the act of spawning during the autumn in an Alaska, USA stream.
Dolly Varden Charr in the act of spawning
Southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) in the act of spawning with a few eggs visible forward of female's anal fin.
Coho Salmon in the act of spawning including a jack
A jack (left side of frame) joins a pair of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the act of spawning.
Spawning Dolly Varden
Spawning Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma).
Dolly Varden spawning
Alpha male Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma) quivers the female as spawning ends.
Sneaker Sockeye Salmon about to join a spawning
A sneaker Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) about to join a spawning.
Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the act of spawning in a small creek on the Copper River Delta near cordova, Alaska USA during the summer.
Sockeye Salmon spawning
Sockeye Salmon just having spawned. The caudal fin of a jack is visible between the anal and caudal fins of the female.
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning
