Wild BC Salmon: The Five Species and Lifecycle - BC Salmon Marketing Council
THE SPECIES
It is this mysterious and wondrous life cycle of wild salmon that creates five distinct salmon species. All share a similar outward appearance, but they vary in size, ranging on average, from 2 to 9 kilograms with large spring salmon ranging up over 30 Kilograms Each species offers its own distinct flesh colour, texture and flavour … simply a delight for salmon lovers. This diversity of species provides chefs and the consumer with limitless opportunities for creativity when it comes to menu items.
• Chinook salmon (oncorhynchus tschawytscha) is the largest of the species, sought after for its rich flavour, and its firm flesh that ranges in colour from ivory white to deep red.
• Coho (oncorhynchus kisutch) is recognized for its versatile flavour, and fine-textured, consistently red flesh.
• Chum salmon (oncorhynchus keta), offering a milder, more delicate flavour has a creamy pink to medium red flesh colour.
• Pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is the smallest species, lighter in colour and also prized for its delicate flavour, and
• Sockeye (oncorhynchus nerka) is a popular species most cherished for its deep red, firm flesh and rich flavour.
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