chinook salmon
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Chinook salmon
Chinook salmonnouna Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
chinook salmon
American
[shi-nook sam-uhn, -nook, chi-]
/ ʃɪˈnʊk ˈsæm ən, -ˈnuk, tʃɪ- /
noun
Chinook salmon
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of chinook salmon
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife wrote that it is concerned about weakened protections for winter-run and spring-run chinook salmon, steelhead trout, delta smelt and longfin smelt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Recent research has found 6PPD-quinone to be similarly lethal to other fish species, including brook trout, rainbow trout, chinook salmon, and white-spotted char.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2023
Southern resident killer whales eat chinook salmon, which are also endangered due to habitat degradation and other threats.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 30, 2023
Even though the orcas don’t eat the porpoises, their victims are mostly calves that are about the same size as chinook salmon.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 30, 2023
He and Harry Secor had worked together to stalk the giant chinook salmon of the Dungeness River.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
A sharp decline in the Chinook salmon population led to the ban on commercial fishing in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the longest shutdown in state history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
We’re not like the Chinook salmon that seek out upriver spawning zones or feline species that go into heat each spring and summer.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
This year, populations of Chinook salmon were so low that regulators shut down the commercial fishing season along the coast for a third straight year, though limited recreational fishing was allowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
By establishing the salmon sanctuary in Blue Creek, the deal safeguards a vital cold-water habitat for fish including Chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
"It's Royal Chinook salmon that I caught in the fish derby on the Columbia River only last—" Mrs. MacDonald colored suddenly.
From The House from Nowhere by Arthur G. Stangland
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