A dead sockeye salmon lays in the grass; Alaska, United States of America

Sockeye Salmon, also known as Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning pair in an Alaskan stream during the summer; Alaska, United States of America

Sockeye Salmon, also known as Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning pair in an Alaskan stream during the summer; Alaska, United States of America

A Sockeye Salmon, also known as Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) pair in the act of spawning in an Alaskan stream during the summer; Alaska, United States of America

Mature male Sockeye Salmon, also known as Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an Alaskan stream during the summer, South-central Alaska; Alaska, United States of America

Sockeye Salmon, also known as Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) probes her redd while a male guards in an Alaskan stream during the summer; Alaska, United States of America

A female Sockeye Salmon, also known as Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) attacking a female who is excavating a redd that is too close to hers in an Alaskan stream during the summer; Alaska, United States of America

Underwater view of competing male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Power Creek near Cordova, Alaska in the summer; Alaska, United States of America

Underwater view of developing sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) eggs in Power Creek near Cordova and Prince William Sound; Alaska, United States of America

Underwater view of a competing sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Power Creek near Cordova, Alaska in the summer; Alaska, United States of America

Underwater view of a male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Power Creek near Cordova, Alaska in the summer; Alaska, United States of America

This female Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) is creating a superimposition by excavating on an existing redd, South-central Alaska; Alaska, United States of America

Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) close behind dead fish; Paxson, Alaska, United States of America