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St. Gabe's Students Release Atlantic Salmon [Video]

Students recently paid a visit to Salmon Brook Park to set Salmon, which they have raised, free.

Middle school students from St. Gabriel school recently gave a group of Atlantic Salmon a push toward the most important journey of their lives.

Having raised the fish since January when they were delivered to the school as eggs from the Connecticut River Salmon Association, St. Gabe's sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students made a trip out to Granby's Salmon Brook Park where they set them free.

According to St. Gabriel teacher Meg Rosa, the students spend each week learning about the salmon and their environments, tracking their growth, which is based on temperature.

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For the next two years, the salmon, which are Atlantic salmon, will spend their time between Salmon Brook Park's stream and the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers growing until they reach their smolt stage — the point at which the fish change from freshwater fish to saltwater fish, Rosa said.

According to Rosa, the fish will then head out to Long Island and the Atlantic Ocean, and eventually return to the stream to lay eggs.

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