anadromous

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The best thing to support anadromous fisheries might be just leaving them alone - in the rivers, and in the ocean.

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Quick take

(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.

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adjective

(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.

adjective

(botany) Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for anadromous.

adjective

(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.

adjective

(botany) Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

Example sentences

The best thing to support anadromous fisheries might be just leaving them alone - in the rivers, and in the ocean.

Boyle Dam, becoming the first anadromous fish to return to the Klamath Basin in Oregon since 1912 when the first of four hydroelectric dams was constructed, blocking migration.

From what I understand Chinook and other anadromous species typically make one revolution per year (it's not uncommon for US born fish to be caught off Japan and Kamchatka).

C Boyle dams and associated structures) were constructed with adequate fish ladders and, as a result, anadromous fish have been blocked from accessing the upper reaches of the Klamath Basin for close to a century.

> Although the Bureau of Reclamation’s Link River Dam and PacifiCorp’s Keno Dam currently have fish ladders that will pass anadromous fish, none of PacifiCorp’s Four Facilities (i.e., Iron Gate, Copco 1, Copco 2, and J.