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Copper River King Salmon Portions

We’re privileged to offer our customers this exceptional fish, prized for its luscious flavor and large, velvety flakes.

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Copper River King Salmon Bits & Pieces

Take tacos, chowders, fish cakes, and kabobs to a whole new level with the most delicious wild salmon on the planet.

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What makes Copper River king so special?

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The King of Kings

Copper River salmon’s unique genetic makeup equips them to swim hundreds of miles upstream in near-freezing water temperatures.

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MSC Certified Sustainable

The Copper River fishery is carefully managed to ensure plenty of fish reach their spawning grounds to replenish populations.

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Culturally Significant

For thousands of years, indigenous Alaskans have relied on salmon as a source of food and spiritual nourishment and continue to honor it as a vital part of their heritage.

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Legendary Migration

With a basin size of 24,000 square miles, the Copper river is 290 miles long and has an average elevation of 12 feet per mile.

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Copper River Salmon from Vital Choice

To the delight of scientists, anglers, nature lovers, and seafoodies, the iconic Copper River salmon run begins in mid-May from Prince William Sound. The glacier-fed Copper River in south-central Alaska plays host to the momentous annual event when salmon return to their ancestral spawning grounds deep in the Alaskan backcountry. It's the very first salmon run of the year, and Copper River king salmon are unlike any other. They accumulate extra fat stores while living in the ocean, giving them the fuel necessary to swim hundreds of miles upstream and gain thousands of feet of elevation while facing near-freezing water temperatures. Those extra fat stores produce salmon that is delightfully buttery, tender, and flavorful, and is found nowhere else in the world.

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