In some books that are devoted to the nature of the Far East, as well as conversations with the locals of the edges often can be heard quite unusual names of animals and fish.It is no exception and chinook.What it is?
It is the largest member of the family of Pacific salmon.It is estimated that the average length of a salmon is 90 cm, but there are cases of catching fish, the length of which nearly 1.5 meters!As for weight, the fishermen are not too huge surprise even to the carcass weight of 60 kg!
Description
Here's a she, chinook.What kind of fish, if we talk about the appearance?Look it is also unlikely to leave indifferent even a hunter or angler: powerful, muscular body, resembling a torpedo submarine.Painting - "masking" prevails olive-green color.
word, chinook (that is, you already know), his whole appearance gives a predator.And so it is, as the basis of its diet is small fish and other food of animal origin.
story of the "Prince of salmon" as king salmon, respectful enthusiastically called the Japanese, would not be complete without the story of his breeding plumage.It is known that salmon during this period of his life is a remarkable splendor.And why waste time on trifles, because immediately after spawning, they die ...
her whole body became dark red, sometimes brown brick, and back and head acquire anthracite color.Whatever you say, but the appearance of such fish, multiplied by its huge size, less visible in the river it does not!Which is used by a great many living creatures: from scavengers caught chinook carcass weaken, and ending with a man with bears since ancient times competing in fishing salmon.
as red fish chinook just great: the meat is different saturated crimson hue, fat and tender.In the price category, this fish is lower than the salmon, but their taste and nutritional qualities in anything she does not agree.If you once decide to take a trip to Alaska, then immediately warned: on bricks smoked king salmon so tasty that you can recover strongly, trying in vain to settle accounts with the specialty of any self-respecting institution in these parts!
Properties
way, its value is not only because of the wonderful taste and high nutritional value!The fact that the chinook salmon has a wonderful property: its meat helps prevent the development of many dangerous pathologies in those who eat them at least a relatively regular basis.
The meat contains vitamins A, E, C, and K, as well as lots of trace elements, the most significant of which are copper, zinc, selenium and iron.All this even people who are very far from medicine, gives grounds to assume that the chinook is useful in anemia, chronic fatigue, hypovitaminosis, recovering from serious illnesses.
short, useful qualities in her sea.Generally, chinook (what it is, we already know) harvested in previous years with the incredible energy that by the 90 th year there was a serious danger of extinction.Even now, when the same Japanese often do not comply with any rules catch such an option is not excluded.
