sockeye

IPA: sˈɑkaɪ

A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
The edible flesh of this fish.

Examples of "sockeye" in Sentences

A sockeye can be as long as and weigh.
Sockeye refers to a species of salmon.
A sockeye can be as long as and weigh .
Sockeye salmon are the most abundant fish.
The sockeye salmon is common in its waters.
The lake is not the site of the sockeye salmon run.
Just like Silver trout are juvenile Sockeye salmon.
Kokanee is also a name for landlocked Sockeye salmon.
These are mostly Sockeye Salmon or red salmon found in profusion.
This was the first establishment for the hatching of sockeye salmon.
The sockeye is the most important commercial salmon species in North America.
Open 2 6-7 oz or one 14-15 oz can of salmon (sockeye is best, but pink will work fine.
With a deep, natural color, sockeye is lower in fat but still high overall, allowing the flavor to better come through.
The salmon comes into the rivers there, crowds into the rivers; locally they call it sockeye, that is one of the species that is sought for most in the rivers.
First-fruit ceremonies were annually held at the time of picking the wild fruit or gathering the roots, and also among the salmon-eating tribes when the run of the 'sockeye' salmon began.
Mark Angelo, chair of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, said the urgency of the situation is too great to wait for the results from a federal commission of inquiry into the decline of Fraser sockeye, which is close to commencing its investigation but is not obliged to issue a final report before May 1, 2011.