Chum Salmon
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Wild Chum Salmon
Fresh wild Chum Salmon, also called Keta Salmon, is milder flavored and more lean than Coho, Sockeye and King Salmon. But it still has enough firmness and oil content to lend itself to a wide variety of cooking applications. Chefs-Resources' Chum Salmon page shows when fresh salmon is available, what it’s flavor profile and taste is like, the butchering yield % so you can determine your yield percentage for plate costing purposes. You’ll also find an Chum Salmon nutrition table, the Flavor Scale, and links for further salmon research.
Chum (Keta) Salmon Flavor Profile
Chum Salmon have light pink to orange colored flesh which is lighter than Chinook, Sockeye and Coho. The texture is more firm and coarse than the other salmon and Chum has a milder flavor.
Alternate Names
Keta, Dog Salmon, Calico Salmon, Chub
Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Description
Commercial Chum Salmon range from 6 - 12 Lbs. The highest quality Chums are silver skinned, are troll caught and are termed "Silverbrights". Seine caught Silverbrights can also be of good quality. "Semibrights" are the second grade of Chum and have watermarked skin. Gillnet Chum can be very inconsistent quality.
Typical Wholesale Products
Head/On Dressed, Head/Off Dressed, Fillets, Steaks
Fresh Chum (Keta) Salmon Availability
Fresh seafood availability chart: green areas show peak availability, light green show limited availability, gray indicates not available fresh. Frozen available all year long.![]()
Chum Salmon Yield Factors, Yield %
| Item | To Skn/On Fillets | To Skn/Off Fillets | Notes |
| Whole Head/On gutted | 68% - 70% | 63% | |
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| Skin/On Fillets | -- | 85% |
Range & HabitatChum Salmn are a very wide ranging Pacific Salmon. They are commercially caught from southern California and southern Japan to the Mackenzie River in the Arctic Ocean.
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Chum Salmon Sustainability Info
This window is a link to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program info on Salmon.
Chum (Keta) Salmon Nutritional Informationbased upon a 6 oz (171 grams) raw edible serving
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Lifes's a Fish by Ray Troll |
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