noun
- a Pacific salmon with red flesh that is commercially important as food
Examples
- The fishermen caught several sockeye salmon during their trip to Alaska.
- Sockeye is prized for its rich, flavorful meat.
- The restaurant serves grilled sockeye with lemon and herbs.
- Sockeye salmon migrate upstream to spawn in freshwater rivers.
- The bright red color of sockeye flesh makes it popular in sushi.
- Commercial fishing boats harvest sockeye during the summer season.