Examples of red salmon in a Sentence
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The chefs work with local ingredients, such as Copper River red salmon, as much as possible.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
Unalaska Wildlife Trooper Jeremy Baum said Tucker fished illegally in Unalaska’s Reese Bay — a popular subsistence area where locals harvest mostly red salmon.
—Hope McKenney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
Last year brought record catches of red salmon in Bristol Bay, but in the last few years along the 2,000-mile Yukon River, there are no longer enough kings or chum salmon to provide for Indigenous people who have fished them for thousands of seasons.
—Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Otis is standing knee deep in the glistening Brooks River, hoping to catch one of the many red salmon journeying upstream.
—Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
Unalaska Wildlife Trooper Jeremy Baum said Tucker fished illegally in Unalaska’s Reese Bay — a popular subsistence area where locals harvest mostly red salmon.
—Hope McKenney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
Last year brought record catches of red salmon in Bristol Bay, but in the last few years along the 2,000-mile Yukon River, there are no longer enough kings or chum salmon to provide for Indigenous people who have fished them for thousands of seasons.
—Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Otis is standing knee deep in the glistening Brooks River, hoping to catch one of the many red salmon journeying upstream.
—Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
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“Red salmon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20salmon. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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