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Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon harvest
Cumulative commercial harvest and the season scoreboard for the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim area, from ADF&G's Blue Sheet
Data through Jul 16, 2026 · data pulled Jul 15, 2026, 7:00 PM PT
Cite
- Cumulative chum harvest
About this data
- Source
- ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast
- Series
- Cumulative commercial harvest by species and percent of forecast
- Basis
- Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary
- Geography
- Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim
- Unit
- thousand fish
- Calculation
- Cumulative in-season
- Last observation
- Jul 16, 2026
- Update frequency
- Up to twice daily in season
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim all species together are 6K fish, 4% of the 151K fish area forecast; its marquee chum run is 5K fish chum, 4% of forecast. Percent of forecast is a pace read, not a good-or-bad call, and it climbs as each species opens and peaks.
The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim chum run has 3K fish, 3 percent of forecast. Only chum is showing harvest to date. Sockeye (reds) peak in late June and July, pink (humpies) in late July and August, and coho (silvers) in August and September.
| Species | Harvest to date | Preseason forecast | % of forecast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook | n/a | 0 fish | n/a |
| Sockeye | n/a | 1K fish | not yet running (peaks late June-July) |
| Coho | n/a | 35K fish | not yet running (peaks August-September) |
| Pink | 1K fish | 15K fish | 7% |
| Chum | 5K fish | 115K fish | 4% |
| All species | 6K fish | 151K fish | 4% |
About Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon harvest
The Yukon, Kuskokwim, Norton Sound and Kotzebue subsistence-priority fisheries, where commercial chum and Chinook openings hinge on meeting escapement first. This page tracks Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim's cumulative commercial salmon harvest from ADF&G's Blue Sheet, by species, against the area's preseason forecast. The numbers are common-property and cost-recovery catch in thousands of fish, preliminary and updated through the season; sport, subsistence and personal-use harvests are not included. Early low percentages are the run still building, not a weak year.