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"We've been monitoring fish populations for decades — how many fish are spawning, how many are being captured, how many juvenile fish are out-migrating," says Barry McCovey Jr., a fisheries biologist from the Yurok Tribe.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

Right now, all they see is it’s shifting how and where some salmon are spawning.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Megaforests, we are told, are not just hot spots for biodiversity, they are spawning grounds for a dazzling diversity of cultures, “each with its own unique way of perceiving reality.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

These outbreaks are spawning new variants of COVID-19, some of which spread more rapidly and appear to be deadlier for younger patients.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2021

Then the aged Väinämöinen From the boat made ready answer: "I am going salmon-fishing, Where the salmon-trout are spawning, In the gloomy stream of Tuoni, In the deep reed-bordered river."

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)