chinook salmon

Noun

Meaning

large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

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Chinook salmon have been introduced in New Zealand and Patagonia. Source: Internet

Rimrock Ranch’s grasslands, forests, and creek are home to a wide variety of species, including reintroduced Chinook salmon and steelhead, mule deer, rocky mountain elk, golden eagles, and numerous songbirds. Source: Internet

A dozen trawlers are tying up for the year early due to tripping the 2,700 chinook salmon bycatch cap in Central and Western Gulf groundfish fisheries. Source: Internet

AquaBounty splices of Atlantic salmon and chinook salmon with a continual growth hormone from ocean pout, meaning it grows twice as fast. Source: Internet

The almost complete collapse of the richest and most dependable source of Chinook salmon south of Alaska left fisheries experts struggling for reliable explanations — and coming up dry. Source: Internet

Emergency action is necessary to avoid substantial harm to the chinook salmon stocks, Western Alaska salmon fisheries and AVCP and TCC communities,” the groups wrote in their letter. Source: Internet

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