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Sep 14, 2026

Statewide at 73 Percent as Coho Build Across Southeast and Sound

Statewide salmon harvest sits at 73 percent of forecast through September 11. Sockeye are at 85 percent statewide while coho build in Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska.

Numbers as of Sep 14, 2026, 10:25 AM PT pull

Updated Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM PT — see note at end

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Statewide cumulative commercial salmon harvest reached 87.5 million fish, 73 percent of ADF&G's 119.9 million fish preseason forecast, per the Blue Sheet through September 11. Statewide sockeye (reds) are at 37.6 million fish, 85 percent of the 44.1 million fish forecast, with most sockeye fisheries now past their seasonal peak. Coho (silvers) are the active runners this week, adding fish in both Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska.

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  • Prince William Sound coho: 322K fish cumulative, up 29.8 percent week over week from 248K fish a week ago. PWS as a whole remains the furthest behind in the scoreboard at 22 percent of its preseason forecast.
  • Southeast Alaska coho: 683K fish, up 10.2 percent week over week from 620K fish. Per ADF&G's September 11 in-season summary, the Tree Point drift gillnet fishery opened September 6 for a five-day period, with coho and pink salmon harvest above the 10-year average at that opener.
  • Southeast Alaska Chinook (kings): 160K fish, up 5.3 percent week over week from 152K fish. ADF&G's September 11 summary notes the second Chinook retention period of the general summer troll season closed September 4.
  • Southeast Alaska chum (dogs): 8.20 million fish, up 2.7 percent week over week from 7.98 million fish.
  • Cook Inlet and Kodiak: Cook Inlet at 111 percent of the 1.06 million fish forecast (1.17 million fish harvested); Kodiak at 98 percent of the 15.0 million fish forecast (14.8 million fish). Both lead the statewide scoreboard on pace against forecast.
  • Bristol Bay sockeye: 29.7 million fish, 92 percent of forecast, flat week over week per the Blue Sheet. Overall Bristol Bay harvest stands at 30.0 million fish, 91 percent of the 32.9 million fish forecast.

ADF&G's September 11 summary reports wild coho catch-per-unit-effort fell below average in Districts 6 and 8 last week, with the fleet moving toward hatchery fish. Open time in both districts is being reduced to three days. Section 1-B opens for five days beginning September 13.

Blue Sheet harvest figures are preliminary and subject to revision.

Updated Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM PT: Statewide harvest is 87.6M fish, statewide share is 73%, Bristol Bay sockeye is 92%.

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