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sockeye salmon

[ sok-ahy ]

noun

  1. an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sockeye salmon1

1865–70; sockeye, alteration (by folk etymology) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) θə́əỷ
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Meanwhile, nearly double the usual number of sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay in 2022.

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All Atlantic salmon, basa, halibut, mackerel, sockeye salmon and Pacific white shrimp were as advertised.

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Chum and sockeye salmon have been the most frequently caught salmon species, followed by pink salmon.

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The cans, set aside to monitor packaging integrity over time, contained chum, coho, pink, and sockeye salmon caught in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay from 1979 to 2021.

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Logging was threatening a cherished sockeye salmon stream, Owossitsa Creek, at the north end of Nootka Island, where Western Forest Products was cutting.

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