spawning grounds
Fish reproduction site
Spawning grounds are places where fish or other aquatic animals gather to reproduce.
Salmon return to their natal spawning grounds after years at sea.
The term extends figuratively to any place where something originates or proliferates: The coffee shop became a spawning ground for radical ideas.
- reddsFish nesting depressions
- stream bedChannel bottom under current
- estuariesRiver-sea meeting points
- ichthyologyScientific study of piscine life
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
anadromous · fish ladders · river mouth · overfishing · riverbeds · riffles · protected areas · salmon · wild salmon · gravel bars · alevin · freshwater · freshwater streams · cold water · native habitat · habitat restoration · conservation efforts · wetlands
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- wildlife habitatswildlife refuge, breeding grounds, nesting sites, forests, game reserve
- marine ecologyhabitat, kelp forest, coral reef, tide pool, estuary
- fertile watersestuaries, river deltas, coastal waters, fishing grounds, continental shelves
- Gulf fishingred snapper, shrimping, grouper, flounder, offshore fishing
- overfishingfish stocks, population collapse, catch limits, fishing quotas, bycatch
spawning groundskilling fields
Sites of mass execution
death zone · dead zone · slaughterhouse · graveyard · hunting grounds
spawning groundsopen ocean
Sea far from shore
deep sea · offshore waters · high seas · open water · deep water