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Fresh wild Sockeye Salmon has the firmest flesh of wild Pacific salmon.  It is a delicious full-flavored fish which lends itself to a wide variety of cooking applications.  Chefs-Resources' Sockeye 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 Sockeye Salmon nutrition table, the Flavor Scale, and links for further salmon research.

Wild Sockeye Salmon Flavor Profile

Sockeye Salmon is a succulent full-flavored high fat content fish which has medium, firm-textured flakes, and the flesh can range from orange to deep red.

Sockeye Salmon Alternate Names

Blueback, Red Salmon, Kokanee Salmon if it is landlocked, Quinault.

Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Description

Sockeye change color as they migrate from saltwater to fresh water.  In saltwater they are blueish-green on their top half and silvery on the bottom with with a light speckling of spots on the back and tail.  In fresh water they have a light green head and bright red bodies.  Sockeye Salmon can be up to 33" long and weigh up to 16 lbs but average around 6-8 lbs.

Sockeye Salmon
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Typical Wholesale Products

Whole Head/On gutted, Whole Head/Off gutted, Filets, Steaks

Fresh Wild Fresh Sockeye Salmon Availability

The chart below shows the annual availability of fresh wild Sockeye Salmon: green areas show peak availability, light green show limited availability, gray indicates not available fresh.  Frozen available all year long.

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Sockeye Salmon Yield Percentage and Recovery

Item To Skn/On Fillets To Skn/Off Fillets Notes
Whole Head/On gutted 69% - 72% 63%  
Whole Head/Off gutted      
Skin/On Fillets  --  85%  

 

Range & Habitat

Sockeye Salmon inhabit the North Pacific from: northern Japan to Bering Sea and to Los Angeles, California, USA.  Landlocked populations in Alaska, Yukon Territory and British Columbia in Canada, and Washington and Oregon in USA.

Sockeye Range & Location
AquaMaps     Data sources: GBIF OBIS

 

Sockeye Salmon Recipes

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Sockeye Salmon Sustainability Info

This window is a link to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program info on Salmon.

 

Sockeye Salmon Nutritional Information

based upon a 6 oz (171 grams) raw edible serving

* Calories/Calories from fat 288/128
* Protein grams  37
* Fat grams 15
* Saturated fat grams  2.6
* Sodium milligrams  81
* Cholesterol milligrams  106
* Omega-3 grams  3.3
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 Additional Sockeye Salmon Resources:
Alaska Dept of Fish & Game National Marine Fisheries Service
   

 

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