Includes bibliographical references (page 102) and index.

meet the salmon -- salmon country -- name-dropping -- the best of both worlds -- the cycle of life -- through the ages -- the ones that get away -- at the heart of ecosystems -- salmon lands -- salmon oceans -- aquatic canaries -- atlantic salmon, the leaping fish -- the king of fish -- the human machine -- across the ocean -- wild atlantic salmon today -- pacific salmon, the hook-nosed fish -- the place with six salmon -- becoming salmon people -- explorers and settlers travel west -- canneries -- wild pacific salmon today -- fish out of water -- set the nets -- harvest in the atlantic ocean -- harvest in the pacific ocean -- all mixed up -- indigenous fishing rights -- fishing for fun -- rivers in ruins -- a shady deal -- reviving rivers -- the dammed -- taking dams down -- life under the ocean wave -- in hot water -- running out of gas -- when life gives you lemons -- opening new doors -- meddling with nature -- a bright idea? -- to hatch -- or not to hatch -- salmon in schools -- caged creatures -- farming fish -- the tip of the iceberg -- feeding carnivores -- jailbreak -- having lice isn't nice -- sick salmon -- changing places -- conclusion: a future for salmon? -- glossary -- resources -- acknowledgments -- index

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