How to Use Chinook in a Sentence

Chinook

noun

• The final dam, JC Boyle, is expected to come down this fall, just in time for Chinook salmon season.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
• There was no open fire, no Chinook roasting on wooden skewers.
  — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• This year is expected to be one of the smallest runs of fall Chinook since the Yurok tribe began keeping track, McCovey said.
  — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome, though, there is broad agreement that the king salmon, also known as Chinook, are in crisis.
  — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• The Oregon incident comes on the heels of a mass Chinook salmon smolt die-off in Northern California.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
• How to catch them: Chinook salmon are an awesome, majestic and powerful fish.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Studies have shown the retardant can harm plants, fish and other species, including steelhead trout and Chinook salmon.
  — oregonlive, 5 July 2023
• Last year, populations of fall-run Chinook salmon were so low that regulators shut down the fishing season along the coast.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• As chum and Chinook salmon returns in the rivers have dwindled and harvests have closed, residents have blamed Area M interception for contributing to those problems.
  — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
• The most successful floating collector in Kock’s study captured roughly 60% of Chinook salmon, on a reservoir with far more favorable conditions than on those the Corps owns.
  — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2023
• Since 1999, the spring-run Chinook population has been listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• That move also stoked the ire of some environmental groups, which said the diversions allowed for lower flows in the San Joaquin River and would probably be harmful for Chinook salmon, among other concerns.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement Salmon populations have suffered declines in recent years, and fishing for Chinook salmon was banned along the California coast this year for a second year in a row.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
• The authors say in the statement that researchers may never fully know why orcas are bullying porpoises, but the action does highlight the importance of preserving their Chinook salmon prey.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
• Monitoring equipment documented other healthy yearling coho and Chinook salmon that came from downstream of the dam.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• The animals primarily prey on Chinook salmon, which have also been declining in number because of overfishing, habitat loss and dams that impede their migrations.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
• That includes several California species such as Delta smelt, Chinook salmon, California condors, gray wolves and mountain lions.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• And fall-run Chinook, which drive California’s commercial salmon fishing industry, are no different.
  — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
• Residents, meanwhile, stick to fish — primarily Chinook salmon.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Although state estimates show a modest increase in numbers of fall-run Chinook this year compared with last year, fisheries officials say restrictions are necessary because the population is still struggling.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024