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# Southeast Alaska Pink Reaches 4.5 Million Fish

_Aug 10, 2026_

> Sockeye at 82 percent of ADF&G's statewide forecast, Southeast Alaska pink at 4.53 million fish from 616,000 a week ago, Bristol Bay reds at 92 percent.

_Numbers as of Aug 10, 2026, 11:54 AM PT pull._

_Updated Aug 15, 2026, 7:00 PM PT — see note at end._

Statewide cumulative harvest reached **52.3 million fish**, 44 percent of ADF&G's 119.9 million-fish commercial-comparable forecast, according to the Blue Sheet. Sockeye (reds), the value driver, stand at **36.2 million fish and 82 percent** of their 44.1 million-fish forecast. Southeast Alaska pink (humpies) was the week's largest volume mover, climbing to 4.53 million fish from 616,000 fish the prior stat week.


[Chart: Statewide cumulative sockeye harvest, 2026 (thousands of fish)](https://therun.news/scoreboard/statewide) ([data](https://therun.news/scoreboard/statewide.md) — chart image: https://therun.news/charts/issues/salmon/2026-08-10/scoreboard/statewide.png)


- **Bristol Bay sockeye:** 30.0 million fish, **92 percent** of ADF&G's 32.9 million-fish forecast on the Blue Sheet.
- **Southeast Alaska pink:** 4.53 million fish cumulative, up 634.7 percent week over week from 616,000 fish the prior stat week.
- **Kodiak:** sockeye at 966,000 fish (up from 7,000 the prior stat week), pink at 652,000 fish (up from 9,000) and chum (dogs) at 164,000 fish (up from 66,000).
- **Chignik:** 1.26 million fish, 77 percent of ADF&G's 1.64 million-fish forecast, with coho (silvers) at 21,000 fish from 3,000 fish the prior stat week.
- **AYK:** 117,000 fish, 77 percent of its 151,000-fish ADF&G forecast.
- **Prince William Sound:** 8 percent of forecast, the furthest behind of the districts reported in this digest.

The season is in its August phase, with sockeye tapering and pink and chum carrying the cumulative pace statewide. Enhanced pink harvests at Southeast Alaska and Kodiak are in peak range.

Blue Sheet figures are preliminary and subject to ADF&G revision.

**Updated Aug 15, 2026, 7:00 PM PT:** Statewide harvest is 67.9M fish, statewide share is 57%, Bristol Bay sockeye is 92%.

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