Keta Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
The lean one — also called silverbrite. Long ignored as a "lesser" salmon, finally getting its due as cooks figure out that lower fat means it holds up on the grill better than its richer cousins.
Keta is what you want when you're cooking salmon outside, over fire, or anywhere the fish has to take heat without falling apart. Its firmer flesh also makes it the right pick for cured preparations like gravlax and lox.
Caught in Southeast Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska during the late-summer chum runs.
Where keta salmon lives
Biological range is not the same thing as catch context. This section separates public agency range information from the Alaska catching grounds connected to this guide.
Ocean-feeding salmon that return to rivers and coastal streams to spawn.
North Pacific waters from Asia across Alaska and down the Pacific Coast.
Centers on Kodiak and Southeast Alaska late-summer keta fisheries.
Catching grounds
The Alaska waters connected to this guide entry. Click through for the full story of each catching ground.
