milt
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They grabbed fish, one after another, by the tail and slid them down a chute into the hatchery building, to be stripped of their eggs and milt.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2020
“Although we usually hope to catch more fish that are producing more milt, we are still jumping for joy with this.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2017
They’re so full of milt and roe that there’s no room in their stomachs for food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2016
Traditionally, the practice entailed killing fertile salmon and hand-mixing eggs and male milt, or sperm, then raising the offspring packed in containers or pools.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016
It has been our uniform experience that all the salmon that survive till autumn were in normal condition as to their reproductive function, and yielded healthy spawn and milt.
From New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century by Various
