king salmon

noun

Examples of king salmon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Highlights from the small plates include roasted bone marrow with garlic confit; shellfish chowder and yuzu kosho cured king salmon. Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 The Wild Fish Conservancy has challenged Alaska’s management of king salmon in the past. Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024 One solution involves fishing shallower nets, based on the idea that king salmon swim deeper in the water than sockeye salmon do. Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023 Those could include critical habit protections and expanding ways to protect king salmon smolt — among other measures the group lists. Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024 Escapement goals at king salmon fisheries across Alaska have also regularly been missed in recent years. Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024 The women’s parents, older brother and sister-in-law were on the other charter boat as part of a three-day trip to a destination fishery known for king salmon and groundfish. Stefanie Dazio, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023 The second course includes the options of prime rib, roasted chicken or or a king salmon. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023 In an effort to save the king salmon, whose numbers have been decimated by factors including warming waters, state regulators this year banned the use of fishing nets in the Kenai area—the latest in a series of restrictions that have angered local fishermen. Jim Carlton, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of king salmon was in 1871

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“King salmon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/king%20salmon. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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