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red salmon Pacific Coast 
n. a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, that ranges from Alaska to Japan.
See also: sockeye (salmon)
- 1859 Several parties on the Fraser river have given up fishing for this season, owing to the red salmon not striking in.
- 1964 Unable to meet their quotas with mature red salmon, the Japanese mothership fleet moved back toward the abstention line. . . .
- 1859 Several parties on the Fraser river have given up fishing for this season, owing to the red salmon not striking in.