Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) is a saltwater, freshwater, brackish species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–250 m.
Scientific name: Oncorhynchus nerka · Water: Saltwater, Freshwater, Brackish
Size: up to 84 cm
The sockeye salmon is a pelagic oceanic salmonid recorded from the surface down to 250 m, and landlocked populations also occur. Its range is the North Pacific, from northern Japan to the Bering Sea and south to Los Angeles, California, with Arctic and Pacific drainages from Point Hope in Alaska to the Columbia River drainage in Oregon and Idaho. Maximum length is about 84 cm total length, commonly about 45 cm, and it can live eight years, maturing at about 60 cm. It is a highly commercial species and a gamefish, with a very high price category. Fishing vulnerability is low to moderate at 29 of 100 and resilience medium, and climate vulnerability is high to very high at 72 of 100. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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