fall fish

West Coast

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a silvery salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the northern Pacific.

See: coho

Quotations

1907

The cohoe, silver or fall salmon (O. kisutch) is also canned, weight 3 lb. to 8 lb., light green and silver in colour

1954

. . . Caleb had hoped that when the sockeye season ended, and the cannery went on to fall fish, a transfer could be arranged. . . .