How to Use sockeye salmon in a Sentence

sockeye salmon

noun
  • How much sockeye salmon can a bear eat a day?
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This caldera lake, formed in the crater made by a volcanic eruption, is the largest sockeye salmon spawning ground in Eurasia.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This time of year, these apex predators are packing on the pounds by feasting on calorie-rich sockeye salmon at Brooks Falls.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The event also brings global attention to Katmai, which boasts one of the world's healthiest sockeye salmon runs.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But variety is the master here, and other rice ball flavors include cod roe, spicy lobster and shrimp, sockeye salmon and umami chicken.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The streams that flow into Mendenhall Lake, 13 miles from Juneau, are home to sockeye salmon and cutthroat trout.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Salmon also plays a massive role in this very special week, as Katmai National Park boasts one of the world's healthiest sockeye salmon runs.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Snake River is a critical habitat for a dwindling population of sockeye salmon, also commonly known as blueback salmon.
    Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2026
  • One 3-ounce serving of rainbow trout contains 645 IU of vitamin D, while the same amount of sockeye salmon has 570 IU.
    Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The short season, when thousands of fishers and crew live on Bristol Bay, home of the world’s largest sockeye population, for about six short weeks, others processing on land, provides the global supply of sockeye salmon for the entire year to come.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In the picture, a large brown bear stands at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve as a sockeye salmon, attempting to make its way over the rapids, lands in the predator’s powerful jaws.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Preliminary reports from Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game reveal more than 40 million sockeye salmon harvested in Alaska this season, 17% higher than the pre-season forecast.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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