dog salmon meaning

• [Medicine]
  An anadromous species of SALMON found in the streams of the Pacific coast from Sacramento north,and also common in Japan. It is used frequently in genetic and other medical research.

• It is also known as dog salmon because it is frequently fed to sled dogs.
• The "'Dog Salmon River "'is a tributary of the Ugashik River in the U . S . state of Alaska.
• That year Alexei Yaakwaan, son of a Tlingit leader, converted to the Orthodox Church and encouraged his father, Yees Gaanaalx, leader of the L'eeneid� ( Dog Salmon ) people of Auke Bay, to be baptized.
• The fall run of chum, or dog salmon, is just starting as the 10-to 30-pound ( five-to 14-Kilogram ) fish leave the ocean to head for their nascent streams, where they spawn and die.
• The river has two major King Salmon River and the Dog Salmon River both have confluences near the river mouth at Ugashik Bay, while the smaller Dago Creek joins just four miles ( 6 km ) from Smoky Point, where Ugashik Bay and Bristol Bay meet.
• -Object : " Tulxoow, " or " Dog Salmon Robe, " a late-19th-century Tlingit garment, can be found in the permanent collection of the Seattle Art Museum, First Avenue and University Street; ( 206 ) 654-3100.
• Here are some suggestions . ( Prices are approximate and vary on individual lines; children often get discounts . ) _ Ketchikan : The fourth largest city in Alaska despite a population of only 14, 500, Ketchikan has designated itself the salmon capital of the world ( home seasonally to king, sockeye, silver, pink and dog salmon ).
• Though hardly a scientific look at the sport ( a good thing ), " Dream Fish and Road Trips : Fly-Fishing Tales from Alaska, Montana, and Beyond " ( Lyons & AMP; Burford; $ 22 . 95 ) is one of those reads that flows like a well-told campfire story _ the ghosts and goblins replaced by dog salmon and redsides.
• Data from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game notes that nearly 2 million wild salmon return to the river annually, including up to 100, 000 Chinook salmon ( king salmon ), 350, 000 sockeye salmon ( red salmon ) and 400, 000 coho salmon ( silver salmon ), 50, 000 chum salmon ( dog salmon ), and 1 million pink salmon ( humpy salmon ).

• "dog salmon" meaning in Chinese: 【动物；动物学】鲑，大马哈鱼。
• "dog salmon" meaning in Japanese: サケ、白ザケ
• "dog salmon" meaning in Russian: амер. кета
• "dog salmon" meaning in French: n. saumon, variété de saumon que l'on trouve en amérique...