NATURE | Ireland | A Salmon's Journey | PBS

Follow a salmon swim into the Shannon River from the sea to spawn, or lay eggs. From the NATURE program IRELAND, airing on PBS Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). Major corporate support provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and Ford. For more information, visit www.pbs.org/nature.

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Pets & Animals

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• PBS.
• Nature
• Ireland
• Shannon
• River
• Salmon
• spawn

[mattyt5veppy]

atlantic salmon do not feed in fresh water,and unlike pacific salmon which all die after spawning, some do survive return to spawn .

[orangesfromlondon]

The good old 'generic' irish music playing in the background. tin whistles with loads of reverb and some fella pounding a bodhrán.

It really annoys me that I can't watch an excerpt from a nature program without the false americanised idea of Irish culture being thrown back at me.

[ExosusAreus]

It annoys us, too, if it makes you feel any better. That said, if you don't want something Americanized, you may want to quit watching American television. Just a thought. I'm given to understand that they make TV in other places, too.

[pacerguy31]

those are atlantic salmon and unlike the pacific salmon they don't stop feeding when they enter the rivers so that was a small inaccuracy of the commentary.

[travitheMuffinMan]

i love this show!!!!

[digvoldon]

Who's doing the voice over? He sounds like a poor man's Patrick Bergin.

[ArtistIreland]

That was a realy good video thank you.

[rinnin]

whats so crappy about it?

[jeokeefx]

great video except for the didly oirish crappy music

[Kent14]

Drift netting has been recently been banned so we might see a few more of these beautiful fish in the years to come. Fingers crossed