Common name of Oncorhynchus kisutch
 
Common name Thaw'en
Language Salish
Dialect Saanich
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality Strait of Georgia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Ref. Danko, J.P., 1998
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Coho salmon was fished during the moon 'chen'thaw'en', or 'time of the coho', September. Named for the abundance of coho. Saanich people gaffed coho at Goldstream and also used reef-nets to access this fishery.
 
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