chum salmon
noun
variants or less commonly chum
: a metallic bluish green salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of the northern Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean that may reach a length of about 3.5 feet (1 meter) but is typically smaller
Note: Upon entering fresh water to spawn, the male chum salmon develops large, sharp teeth and becomes dark green to brown with reddish-purple vertical stripes.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Pinks made up the bulk of the pack, topping 57 million, followed by chum salmon at 9.4 million. 
Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2022 The sonar counted 843 summer chum salmon, which Fish and Game said is below the median of 1,737 fish, as of June 21. Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022 Last year, the Bering Sea and Aleutians Island trawl fishery caught 546,043 chum salmon in nets intended to harvest pollock, twice the 10-year annual average, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022 Last year, the pollock fleet caught 13,783 king, or chinook, salmon and more than 530,600 chum salmon — prohibited species that under federal rules must either be donated to food banks or thrown overboard. Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022 The Kuskokwim River is critical for subsistence fishing, but its king and chum salmon stocks have collapsed. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2022 The recent extreme decline of western Alaska chum salmon, particularly those returning to the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, represents an urgent mystery fisheries scientists want to solve. Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2021 In the summer, people harvest sheefish from the river, set nets for chum salmon and gather blueberries, salmonberries and cranberries. Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2021 Ninety percent of that business is built on chum salmon. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2021 See More
Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2022 The sonar counted 843 summer chum salmon, which Fish and Game said is below the median of 1,737 fish, as of June 21. Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022 Last year, the Bering Sea and Aleutians Island trawl fishery caught 546,043 chum salmon in nets intended to harvest pollock, twice the 10-year annual average, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022 Last year, the pollock fleet caught 13,783 king, or chinook, salmon and more than 530,600 chum salmon — prohibited species that under federal rules must either be donated to food banks or thrown overboard. Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022 The Kuskokwim River is critical for subsistence fishing, but its king and chum salmon stocks have collapsed. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2022 The recent extreme decline of western Alaska chum salmon, particularly those returning to the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, represents an urgent mystery fisheries scientists want to solve. Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2021 In the summer, people harvest sheefish from the river, set nets for chum salmon and gather blueberries, salmonberries and cranberries. Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2021 Ninety percent of that business is built on chum salmon. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
chum entry 5
First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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