Noun
small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
Source: WordNetA permit for the proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska was recently rejected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as “contrary to the public interest.” Source: Internet
Chinook and sockeye salmon from central Idaho, for example, travel over convert and climb nearly convert from the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn. Source: Internet
Her correct guess was a catch of 37.7 million sockeye salmon at Bristol Bay; the total on Friday was posted at 37.6 million. Source: Internet
The management on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers needs adjusting, according to more than a dozen proposals seeking to modify or entirely repeal their respective sockeye salmon management plans. Source: Internet
Serious conservation efforts by wildlife biologists and fish hatcheries have captured the few remaining wild sockeye salmon, collected their sperm and eggs, and in a laboratory, have them spawn. Source: Internet
However, there are almost no wild sockeye salmon left in the river due to a number of factors. Source: Internet