red salmon
Crimson-fleshed Pacific catch
Red salmon is another name for sockeye salmon, a Pacific species prized for its deep red flesh and rich flavor.
The name refers to the fish's meat color and to the vivid crimson that males turn during spawning season: Red salmon is perfect for grilling.
It's among the most commercially valuable salmon species.
- sockeyeAlaska's prized salmon
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- wild caughtFrom natural waters
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
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- oily fishtuna, sardine, sardines, anchovy, anchovies
- salmonsockeye, chinook, coho, kokanee, steelhead
- salmon fishingchinook, sockeye, coho, spawning, spawning grounds
- salmonidschinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, rainbow trout
- tinned seafoodsardines, anchovies, mackerel, clams, smoked oysters
- Bristol Baycommercial fishing, subsistence fishing, fish camp, cannery, fishing grounds
salmon species/type
red salmonfarmed salmon
Commercially raised seafood
Atlantic salmon · pink salmon · king salmon · chinook salmon · coho salmon
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