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SOCKEYE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A small but very important Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) attaining an average weight of about 5 pounds and ascending rivers chiefly from Columbia northward to spawn in late summer or fall.

OBS

sockeye salmon: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

OBS

Non-anudromous stocks of sockeye are known as kokanee.

Key term(s)
  • red sockeye salmon
  • Alaska red salmon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

saumon rouge; saumon sockeye : noms commerciaux normalisés par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

saumon nerka : appellation à proscrire en français commercial.

OBS

Le «saumon rouge» est généralement appelé «sockeye» dans les conserves.

OBS

Le kokani (kokanee en anglais) est la forme d'eau douce du saumon rouge.

OBS

Pour les populations non anadromes, on parle de kokani.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Pesca comercial
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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