Pacific salmon

American  

noun

1. any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.

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Example Sentences

In an era of many decimated Northwest Pacific salmon and steelhead populations, one fish has been running counter to a dismal trendline.

From Seattle Times

New research has connected warming ocean temperatures to higher Pacific salmon abundance in the Canadian Arctic, an indicator that climate change is creating new corridors for the fish to expand their range.

From Science Daily

The money will support projects working to free up miles of habitat for multiple species of steelhead and Pacific salmon, including those listed under the Endangered Species Act.

From Seattle Times

The unanimous vote by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the authority responsible for setting Pacific salmon seasons, is a blow to the state fishing industry that supports tens of thousands of jobs and is still reeling from last year’s shutdown.

From Seattle Times

It is the last river system in the Lower 48 to bolster all five Pacific salmon species, and steelhead, that still return here to spawn.

From Seattle Times