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The sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it.
Oncorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae, native to coldwater tributaries of the North Pacific basin. The genus contains twelve extant species, namely six species of Pacific salmon and six species of Pacific trout, all of which are migratory (either anadromous or potamodromous) mid-level predatory fish that display natal homing and ...
The kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also known as the kokanee trout, little redfish, silver trout, kikanning, Kennerly's salmon, Kennerly's trout, or Walla, [2] is the non-anadromous form of the sockeye salmon (meaning that they do not migrate to the sea, instead living out their entire lives in freshwater). There is some debate as to ...
Wild salmon "Salmon is a seafood star," Largeman-Roth adds. ... Wild sockeye salmon provides the highest vitamin D content of all salmon species, Largeman-Roth adds, and it's more sustainable than ...
Salmon refers to several species of fatty fish which generally fall into two categories, Pacific and Atlantic. ... Sockeye salmon packs about 1.5 grams of omega-3 fatty acids per serving, while ...
Spawning sockeye salmon in Becharof Creek, Becharof Wilderness, Alaska Significant declines in the size of many species of Pacific salmon over the past 30 years are negatively impacting salmon fecundity, nutrient transport, commercial fishery profits, and rural food security.
The loss of one salmon species to save another. ... Kokanee are a non-native game fish stocked in a handful of reservoirs across the state. A landlocked sockeye, they’re typically small ...
Sockeye salmon get their famously bright red color and hooked nose after they return to freshwater to spawn. Bristol Bay is home to the largest run of wild sockeye salmon in the world - with an average annual run of over 30 million fish. This photo was taken on the Wood River, which flows into the Nushagak River just north of Dillingham, Alaska.