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CORVALLIS, Ore. - David Noakes, an internationally known fish biologist, will bring the science of salmon to the Corvallis Science Pub on Monday, Sept. 10. He'll review what scientists know about how size affects survival, how a jack salmon can become a king and how wild and hatchery-raised fish compete.

The presentation will begin at 6 p.m. at the Old World Deli, 341 S.W. Second St., in Corvallis. It is free and open to the public.

In developing the knowledge to support effective salmon policies, Noakes and other scientists use telemetry to follow smolts from stream to sea, analyze diets and strive to understand the mystery of how salmon find their way back home to spawn.

Noakes is an Oregon State University professor of fisheries and wildlife and senior scientist with the Oregon Hatchery Research Center. He will describe research under way at the center as well as educational and public outreach programs in Oregon and as far away as Russia.

The center is a unique research laboratory in the natural environment of the Alsea River watershed. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the OSU Fisheries and Wildlife Department established the center to address research and educational questions about hatchery and wild fish.

Sponsors of Science Pub include Terra magazine at OSU, the Downtown Corvallis Association and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.