Atlantic salmon

noun

1. a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams that are tributaries to the ocean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Atlantic salmon¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Marine animals face similar challenges: beluga whales have documented gastrointestinal cancers, while farmed Atlantic salmon experience cardiomyopathy syndrome.

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The sighting of Atlantic salmon in part of a river in Derbyshire has been called "extraordinary" by conservationists.

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The estate is home to rare wildlife, including curlew, mountain bumblebees, lapwings, red squirrels, cuckoo and merlin, as well as Atlantic salmon and critically endangered eels, but the conservationists say nature could be richer still.

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All three rivers are protected for their importance to rare wildlife, including otters, freshwater pearl mussels and the Atlantic salmon.

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"We must act now to support the wildlife that live there, including Atlantic salmon and southern damselfly."

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