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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

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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.

The numbers
SpeciesHarvest to datePreseason forecast% of forecast
Chinookn/a0 fishn/a
Sockeyen/a1K fishnot yet running (peaks late June-July)
Cohon/a35K fishnot yet running (peaks August-September)
Pink1K fish15K fish7%
Chum5K fish115K fish4%
All species6K fish151K fish4%

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.