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sockeye

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noun

  1. a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, having red flesh and valued as a food fish Also calledred salmon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of sockeye1

by folk etymology from Salishan sukkegh
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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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