sockeye
/ (ˈsɒkˌaɪ) /
a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, having red flesh and valued as a food fish: Also called: red salmon
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Another fine "any time" plate is Bristol Bay (Alaska) sockeye salmon.
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café | Jane & Michael Stern | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe coiffed and preened diners look up from such offerings as wild Alaskan sockeye salmon and goat-cheese tart.
Chicago Gangs Go ‘Wilding’ Amid Rising Gun Violence in Obama’s Hometown | Michael Daly | August 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is the sockeye run, which is always very large, but varies in different years, every fourth year being an extra large one.
Fishing in British Columbia | Thomas Wilson LambertHe states that he has evidence to prove that the original gairdneri was the "nerka," which is the sockeye or blue-back salmon.
Fishing in British Columbia | Thomas Wilson LambertThe sockeye or blue-back (O. nerka) is the chief source of the cannery supply.
Fishing in British Columbia | Thomas Wilson Lambert
Coyote at once caught great numbers of sockeye and king salmon.
Myths and Legends of British North America | Katharine Berry JudsonI don't believe we will ever see another big sockeye run in the Fraser anyway.
Poor Man's Rock | Bertrand W. Sinclair
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