A migration of salmon up a river from the sea, in order to spawn.
the largest pink and coho salmon runs in the state
Example sentencesExamples
Record salmon runs have been recorded in Norway, Scotland and other European countries following recent drift-net bans.
Environmental groups, which want the Scottish Executive to move fish farms away from salmon runs, said it was too early to draw firm conclusions on a permanent recovery.
Resident orcas are fish-eaters with a strong preference for salmon, timing their movements within their territories with salmon runs.
The inhabitants of the Outer Hebrides, along with many others in Scotland, see their illegal harvesting of local salmon runs as their heritable right.
You don't perhaps get the salmon runs that Ireland still enjoys but the streams of Jutland still get good runs at certain periods of the year.
Definition of salmon run in US English:
salmon run
noun
A migration of salmon up a river from the sea, in order to spawn.
Example sentencesExamples
Record salmon runs have been recorded in Norway, Scotland and other European countries following recent drift-net bans.
The inhabitants of the Outer Hebrides, along with many others in Scotland, see their illegal harvesting of local salmon runs as their heritable right.
Resident orcas are fish-eaters with a strong preference for salmon, timing their movements within their territories with salmon runs.
Environmental groups, which want the Scottish Executive to move fish farms away from salmon runs, said it was too early to draw firm conclusions on a permanent recovery.
You don't perhaps get the salmon runs that Ireland still enjoys but the streams of Jutland still get good runs at certain periods of the year.