eulachon

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  1. noun See candlefish.

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  • - Ketchikan-Misty Fiords District Ranger Lynn Kolund has announced that he is acting immediately to protect eulachon stocks in the Burroughs Bay / Unuk River area north of Ketchikan.
  • The district ranger, as in-season manager, is closing the federal subsistence eulachon fishery to all users in federal public waters in the Burroughs Bay / Unuk River area
  • Any eulachon caught in this area must be immediately returned into the water unharmed.
  • Also known as hooligan, few eulachon have returned to the Burroughs Bay area since 2003.
  • A similar closure was issued by the USDA Forest Service for the Burroughs Bay eulachon in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
 

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  1. Chinook Jargon vlâkân.

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  1. A native name in the northern Pacific islands.
 

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/ˈjulækɑn/
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