red salmon

American  

noun

1. sockeye salmon.

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red salmon British  

noun

1. any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon

2. the flesh of such a fish, esp canned

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Etymology

Origin of red salmon

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Most Bering Sea fisheries operate on subarctic or boreal species: things like cod and pollock, or red king crab or red salmon.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2022

For certain fish, however, including 79 percent of red salmon, 56 percent of crab and 47 percent of sea urchin imported into Japan, Russia is the dominant supplier.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Perhaps the most luminous is at the confluence of the Copper and Chitina rivers, where dipnetters clinging to high bluffs fish for red salmon.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2018

A single dip-netter is allowed to take home 25 sockeye, or red, salmon, and an additional 10 for each family member per season — limits enforced by state officers who patrol the beach.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2017

Oftentimes he sighed deeply, and related anecdotes redolent of "red salmon" and "deer flesh," "strawberries as big as teacups" and "peaches as big as pint bowls," in places where he had sailed.

From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean