How to Use anadromous in a Sentence

anadromous

adjective

• Why: The Salmon is Idaho’s top wild fishery for catching anadromous salmon and steelhead.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 7 Mar. 2018
• The next minute, chaos hits as an anadromous monster goes berserk on the end of your line, with only a barbless hook point keeping it attached.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 16 Oct. 2017
• The Legacy Act presumes that all state waterways are anadromous, meaning paths for salmon returning from the ocean to spawn in their home streams.
  — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Sep. 2017
• The pipeline would cross streams for anadromous and resident fish species at 77 locations.
  — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2018
• The paltry showing comes despite plenty of rain — about equal to the long-term average — which is usually a big help to anadromous fish.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
• This 250-mile-long nook in the Bering Sea is largely undeveloped—an area the size of Iceland, riddled with lakes, streams and wetlands that provide some of the planet’s best habitat for anadromous fish.
  — Miranda Weiss, Wired, 13 June 2020
• In an effort to help combat the problem, the state will be releasing almost 17 million of the anadromous fish (those that live part of their lives in freshwater, part in the ocean) into the San Francisco Bay.
  — Jordan Strickler, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• The terrain is rough, access can be difficult and anadromous fish are notoriously tricky to hook.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 7 Mar. 2018
• Carskadon, a long-time salmon and steelhead angler who’s suffering along with many of us during the current downturn in anadromous fish fortunes, was stunned to learn about a recent vigorous spurt of sales for surf perch tackle.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• Born in freshwater streams, these anadromous fish rely on a complicated journey down the river, through the estuary and finally out into the ocean.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• Creeks and streams that hold anadromous fish require more permitting for development, but Alaska doesn’t have the resources to fully survey every small waterway, some of which are just a few feet wide.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
• The landmark structures will be modified with different technologies that are designed to allow the anadromous fish — which spend most of their lives at sea but spawn in fresh water — to swim over or around them and continue their journey upstream.
  — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
• The anadromous side is reflected in the Cross Turismo's ability to effortlessly navigate a variety of terrain.
  — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 21 Apr. 2022
• This trend ultimately results in fewer spawning adults returning to their natal streams, causing escapement goals to be missed, and potentially fewer young fish to continue their anadromous lifecycle.
  — Sam Cotten, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2018
• California is unique in having four separate annual pulses of anadromous (migrating from saltwater to freshwater) salmon in a single river.
  — Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
• Over the last 50 years, anadromous fish populations have declined significantly in California, Oregon and Washington.
  — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024