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Alaska salmon preseason forecast, 2026
ADF&G's April "Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections", the benchmark the season scoreboard measures against
Data pulled Jul 15, 2026, 7:00 PM PT
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About this data
- Source
- ADF&G April Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections (Special Publication)
- Series
- Projected commercial harvest by area and species
- Geography
- Statewide, by area and species
- Calculation
- Annual April projection
- Update frequency
- Annual
ADF&G projects a 125.5M fish statewide commercial salmon harvest for 2026, including 49.7M fish sockeye. These are the preseason numbers the live scoreboard measures the actual harvest against, published in April and left unchanged through the season.
ADF&G's April preseason forecast for 2026 sets the benchmark at 125.5M fish statewide, including 49.7M sockeye.
| Area | Chinook | Sockeye | Coho | Pink | Chum | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Bay | 6K fish | 33.5M fish | 28K fish | 256K fish | 389K fish | 34.2M fish |
| Prince William Sound | 3K fish | 1.25M fish | 322K fish | 18.6M fish | 4.61M fish | 24.8M fish |
| Cook Inlet | n/a | 469K fish | 94K fish | 381K fish | 113K fish | 1.06M fish |
| Southeast Alaska | 162K fish | 948K fish | 1.53M fish | 19.0M fish | 10.1M fish | 31.8M fish |
| Kodiak | 7K fish | 2.06M fish | 164K fish | 12.3M fish | 494K fish | 15.0M fish |
| Chignik | 4K fish | 1.09M fish | 59K fish | 415K fish | 74K fish | 1.64M fish |
| Alaska Peninsula | 14K fish | 4.75M fish | 191K fish | 5.06M fish | 1.26M fish | 11.3M fish |
| Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim | 0 fish | 1K fish | 35K fish | 15K fish | 115K fish | 151K fish |
| Statewide | 197K fish | 49.7M fish | 2.42M fish | 56.0M fish | 17.2M fish | 125.5M fish |
About Alaska salmon preseason forecast, 2026
This is ADF&G's preseason commercial harvest forecast for 2026, from the April "Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections" report, by fishing area and species in thousands of fish. It is the benchmark for the season scoreboard: the live Blue Sheet harvest is measured against these numbers. The forecast is ADF&G's, reported as published and never adjusted here. Some cells carry no projection (an area or species ADF&G does not forecast), and area totals are ADF&G's own where the report prints one, otherwise the sum of the species projections.