Over 1,500 salmon counted in 1 day at Seattle’s Carkeek Park

- Salmon in western Washington are once again swimming upstream to lay their eggs.

"These salmon that you see, they are currently spawners. They come from two-to-six thousand eggs and only two of those 6,000 eggs reach adulthood."

James, a 9-year-old salmon enthusiast, watched the annual fish migration event at Carkeek Park in Seattle.

Volunteers with the Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project counted a record number of salmon taking their final swim at the park. On Tuesday, they counted 1,545 in the stream in just one day. Their previous record was 974 for all of 2022.

It's unclear why the number of salmon has increased at the park this year.

James says that he learned about salmon from school and thinks us humans could learn a thing of two from these fishes.

"A lot of these salmon die. So, I think the real lesson to just see in these salmon, like, live life the best you can. Make the most out of your life. You only get one."

The salmon run is expected to last until mid-December.

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