Spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) gathering to run upstream in Red Bluff Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. This salmon is also sometimes called the humpback or "humpie" due to the change in its form during spawning.

Spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) gathering to run upstream in Red Bluff Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. This salmon is also sometimes called the humpback or "humpie" due to the change in its form during spawning.

Dead and dying pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) gathering after the spawn just outside of Sitka, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. This salmon is also sometimes called the humpback or "humpie" due to the change in its form during spawning.

Spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) leaping in Red Bluff Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Salmon leap perhaps to loosen their eggs and milt before spawning, or possibly to prepare for the upstream struggle during spawning. This salmon

Spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) leaping in Red Bluff Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Salmon leap perhaps to loosen their eggs and milt before spawning, or possibly to prepare for the upstream struggle during spawning. This salmon

Spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) leaping in Red Bluff Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Salmon leap perhaps to loosen their eggs and milt before spawning, or possibly to prepare for the upstream struggle during spawning. This salmon

Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) - nicknamed the Humpbacked salmon. Adult male and female spawning in a stream in Southeast Alaska, USA.