{"api":"The Run Data API","version":"v1","docs":"https://therun.news/api","data_as_of":"2026-11-04","data_as_of_label":"Nov 4, 2026","data_pulled_at":"2026-11-05T02:00:22.312Z","generated_at":"2026-11-12T17:38:13.292Z","attribution":"Credit The Run (therun.news) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.","id":"run-summary/bristol-bay","section":"run-summary","section_label":"Run summary","title":"Bristol Bay fish counts 2026: daily harvest by district","subtitle":"ADF&G's 2026 preliminary season summary puts Bristol Bay's commercial sockeye harvest at 30.1M fish, 93% of the 32.3M fish in-area forecast. The in-season Blue Sheet count below reads 29.7M fish. These are harvest counts from ADF&G's Blue Sheet, not the escapement tower and sonar counts, which ADF&G publishes in its own daily run summary","description":"Bristol Bay fish counts, 2026: 30.1M fish sockeye in ADF&G's season summary, 93% of the 32.3M fish in-area forecast. The daily run summary of commercial harvest by district from ADF&G's Blue Sheet. Harvest only; ADF&G counts escapement separately.","page_url":"https://therun.news/run-summary/bristol-bay","headline":"30.1M fish sockeye in ADF&G's season summary, 93% of the 32.3M fish in-area forecast","unit":"thousand fish","data_through":"2026-11-04","frequency":"Up to twice daily in season","status":"not_current","status_note":"Out of season","last_quoted":"2026-11-04","source":"ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast","provenance":{"source":"ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast","series":"Cumulative commercial harvest by Bristol Bay district, with the day-over-day change","basis":"Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary; harvest only, escapement not included","geography":"Bristol Bay management area, by district","unit":"thousand fish","period":"Cumulative in-season, read day by day","lastObservation":"Nov 4, 2026","frequency":"Up to twice daily in season"},"citation":"Bristol Bay commercial salmon harvest: 30.1M fish sockeye in ADF&G's season summary, 93% of the 32.3M fish in-area forecast as of Nov 4, 2026 (The Run). The Run. https://therun.news/run-summary/bristol-bay","series":[{"label":"Cumulative sockeye harvest","unit":"thousand 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expected harvest (32.3M fish)","unit":"thousand fish","points":[{"date":"2026-07-10","value":32260},{"date":"2026-11-04","value":32260}]}],"tables":[{"caption":null,"columns":["District","Sockeye to date","All species to date","Sockeye added since Oct 28, 2026","First reported"],"rows":[["Togiak","168K fish","257K fish","0 fish","on or before Jul 10, 2026"],["Nushagak","8.97M fish","9.16M fish","0 fish","on or before Jul 10, 2026"],["Naknek-Kvichak","6.15M fish","6.15M fish","0 fish","Jul 22, 2026"],["Egegik","9.03M fish","9.03M fish","0 fish","on or before Jul 10, 2026"],["Ugashik","5.36M fish","5.36M fish","0 fish","on or before Jul 10, 2026"],["Bristol Bay total","29.7M fish","30.0M fish","0 fish","on or before Jul 10, 2026"]]},{"caption":"The Bay day by day: each Blue Sheet reading of cumulative Bristol Bay sockeye and what it added over the reading before it. Gaps in the dates are days ADF&G's report was not captured, so an added figure spans the whole gap. An outsized step is usually a district being published for the first time rather than a day's fishing.","columns":["Blue Sheet date","Sockeye to date","Added over prior reading","All species to date"],"rows":[["Nov 4, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Nov 3, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Nov 2, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Nov 1, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 31, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 30, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 29, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 28, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 27, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 26, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 25, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 24, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 23, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"],["Oct 22, 2026","29.7M fish","0 fish","30.0M fish"]]},{"caption":"Bristol Bay harvest against the preseason forecast, by species (each species against the Bay's in-area forecast)","columns":["Species","ADF&G season summary","In-season Blue Sheet count","Preseason forecast","Season summary, % of forecast"],"rows":[["Chinook","11K fish","1K fish","6K fish","179%"],["Sockeye","30.1M fish","29.7M fish","32.3M fish","93%"],["Coho","55K fish","1K fish","28K fish","197%"],["Pink","667K fish","30K fish","256K fish","260%"],["Chum","457K fish","250K fish","389K fish","118%"],["All species","31.3M fish","30.0M fish","32.9M fish","95%"]]}]}