Everybody's doing it?

Still want to become anadromous? You wouldn't be alone. Many fishes lead anadromous lives, including salmon, sturgeon, shad, smelt, striped bass and even lamprey eels. Read more about these and other anadromous species below. Can't cut it with anadromy? Try catadromy.

Who's anadromous? Any fish that spawns in fresh water but spends at least part of its life in the ocean is considered anadromous. Some, like the sturgeon and the striped bass, may only visit salt water, but it still counts. At the Aquarium you can see chinook and coho salmon and white sturgeon in our new, 35,000-gallon jetty exhibit.	Pacific salmon Read about five species in the Pacific Northwest that are both important and under fire.
	Sturgeon These ancient fish are among the largest and longest lived in North America.
	What is catadromy? Catadromy is sort of like anadromy, only backwards.