In some books that are devoted to the nature of the Far East, as well as in conversations with local residents from those parts, you can often hear completely unusual names of animals and fish. Chinook salmon is no exception. What it is?
This is the largest representative of the Pacific
salmon family
. It is believed that the average length of this salmon is 90 cm, but there are frequent cases of capture of fish, the length of which is almost 1.5 meters! As for the weight, the fishermen do not really surprise even a huge carcass of 60 kg in weight!
Description
Here it is, Chinook salmon. What kind of fish is it when it comes to appearance? Her appearance is also unlikely to leave indifferent even one hunter or fisherman: a powerful muscular body, in shape resembling a torpedo of a submarine. Coloring - “camouflage”, olive-greenish color prevails.
In a word, Chinook salmon (what it is, you already know) with all its appearance betrays a predator. And this is true, because the basis of its diet is small fish and other animal feed.
The story of the “prince of salmon”, as Chinook salmon is respectfully enthusiastically called by the Japanese, would not be complete without a story about his mating outfit. As you know, salmon in this period of their lives are of rare magnificence. And why trifle, because right after spawning they die ...
Her whole body turns dark red, sometimes brick-brown, and her back and head acquire anthracite color. Whatever you say, but the appearance of such a fish, multiplied by its enormous size, does not make it less noticeable in the river! This is what a great many living creatures use: starting from scavengers, catching carcasses of weakened chinook salmon, and ending with a man with bears, since ancient times competing in salmon fishing.
Like red fish, Chinook salmon is simply incomparable: meat has a rich raspberry hue, oily and tender. In price category this fish is lower than the same salmon, but in its taste and nutritional qualities it is not inferior to it in anything. If you ever decide to go to Alaska, we immediately warn you: the smoked chinook salmon is so tasty that you can get very well, trying in vain to get rid of the signature dish of any self-respecting establishment in those parts!
The properties
By the way, they appreciate it not only because of the amazing taste and high nutritional value! The fact is that Chinook salmon has an amazing property: its meat helps prevent the development of many dangerous pathologies in those who eat them at least relatively regularly.
The meat contains vitamins A, E, C, K, as well as a mass of trace elements, the most significant of which are copper, zinc, selenium and iron. All this even to people who are very far from medicine, gives reason to believe that Chinook salmon is useful for anemia, chronic fatigue, hypovitaminosis, and recovery from serious illnesses.
In a word, her sea has useful qualities. In general, chinook salmon (what it is, we already know) in previous years was caught with such incredible energy that by the 90s there was a serious danger of its extermination. Even now, when the same Japanese sometimes sometimes do not comply with any catch standards, such an option is not excluded.