Kokanee is a word from the Okanagan language referring to land-locked lake populations of Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). It may also refer to: ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokanee
(from the article `sockeye salmon`) ...miles) upriver to spawn in lakes or tributary streams, the young remaining in fresh water for as long as three years. In North America the sockeye ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/44
The self-perpetuating, nonanadromous form of O. nerka that occurs in balanced sex-ratio populations and whose parents, for several generations back, have spent their whole lives in fresh-water. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21804