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Bristol Bay salmon harvest
Cumulative commercial harvest and the season scoreboard for the Bristol Bay area, from ADF&G's Blue Sheet
Data through Jul 16, 2026 · data pulled Jul 15, 2026, 7:00 PM PT
Cite
- Cumulative sockeye 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
- Bristol Bay
- Unit
- thousand fish
- Calculation
- Cumulative in-season
- Last observation
- Jul 16, 2026
- Update frequency
- Up to twice daily in season
Bristol Bay all species together are 21.3M fish, 62% of the 34.2M fish area forecast; its marquee sockeye run is 21.1M fish sockeye, 63% of forecast. Percent of forecast is a pace read, not a good-or-bad call, and it climbs as each species opens and peaks.
Bristol Bay totaled 19.3 million fish, 56 percent of the area forecast. The sockeye run reached 19.1 million fish and 57 percent of forecast. Chum ran at 51 percent of forecast. Coho and pink have not yet opened.
| Species | Harvest to date | Preseason forecast | % of forecast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook | 1K fish | 6K fish | 17% |
| Sockeye | 21.1M fish | 33.5M fish | 63% |
| Coho | n/a | 28K fish | not yet running (peaks August-September) |
| Pink | n/a | 256K fish | not yet running (peaks late July-August) |
| Chum | 226K fish | 389K fish | 58% |
| All species | 21.3M fish | 34.2M fish | 62% |
| District | Sockeye to date | All species |
|---|---|---|
| Togiak | 71K fish | 120K fish |
| Nushagak | 8.76M fish | 8.94M fish |
| Naknek-Kvichak | n/a | n/a |
| Egegik | 7.64M fish | 7.64M fish |
| Ugashik | 4.64M fish | 4.64M fish |
| Species | Avg price | Avg weight | Exvessel value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook | $0.68/lb | 9.7 lb | $40,594 |
| Sockeye | $1.03/lb | 5.1 lb | $214.3M |
| Coho | $0.48/lb | 5.4 lb | $67,338 |
| Pink | $0.05/lb | 2.8 lb | $36 |
| Chum | $0.27/lb | 5.8 lb | $924,644 |
About Bristol Bay salmon harvest
The world's largest sockeye salmon fishery: five districts of drift and set gillnet at the head of the Bering Sea, fished hard through June and July. This page tracks Bristol Bay'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.