Season scoreboard
Alaska salmon season scoreboard, 2026
Cumulative commercial harvest as a percent of the preseason forecast, by area, from ADF&G's Blue Sheet
Data through Sep 7, 2026 · source last checked Sep 6, 2026, 7:00 PM PT · page revised Sep 7, 2026
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 as a percent of the preseason forecast, by area
- Basis
- Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary
- Geography
- Statewide, by ADF&G management area
- Unit
- thousand fish
- Calculation
- Cumulative in-season
- Last observation
- Sep 7, 2026
- Update frequency
- Up to twice daily in season
Statewide, 87.2M fish are in against The Run's 119.9M fish commercial-comparable forecast, 73% of it. Sockeye, the value driver, is at 85% of its 44.1M fish commercial-comparable forecast. Cook Inlet is furthest along at 111% of forecast. Prince William Sound trails at 22%. For context, the season is closing out with coho.
| Area | Marquee species | Harvest to date (all species) | Forecast (all species) | % of forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Inlet | Sockeye | 1.17M fish | 1.06M fish | 111% |
| Kodiak | Pink | 14.8M fish | 15.0M fish | 98% |
| Bristol Bay | Sockeye | 30.0M fish | 32.9M fish | 91% |
| Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim | Chum | 129K fish | 151K fish | 85% |
| Southeast Alaska | Pink | 26.8M fish | 31.8M fish | 84% |
| Chignik | Sockeye | 1.33M fish | 1.64M fish | 81% |
| Alaska Peninsula | Pink | 7.60M fish | 11.3M fish | 67% |
| Prince William Sound | Pink | 5.45M fish | 24.8M fish | 22% |
About Alaska salmon season scoreboard, 2026
This is the season scoreboard: how far Alaska's commercial salmon harvest has come against the preseason forecast, area by area. The harvest is the cumulative common-property and cost-recovery catch from ADF&G's Blue Sheet, updated through the season in thousands of fish. The forecast is ADF&G's April "Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections". The percent of forecast climbs as each fishery opens and peaks, so early in the season low percentages are normal, not weak runs. Sport, subsistence and personal-use harvests are not included. In-season figures are preliminary and subject to revision.
The percent of forecast is the cumulative Blue Sheet harvest as a share of the full-season preseason forecast, measured commercial-comparable where ADF&G's projection mixes user groups. It is a share of the season's projection, not a good-or-bad call: a big number is income for a fisherman and supply for a buyer.
Scope note: ADF&G's statewide sockeye projection (49.7 million fish) and all-species projection (125.5 million fish) fold in about 5.60 million Upper Cook Inlet sockeye that ADF&G reports as available to all user groups, with no commercial-only figure. To measure the commercial harvest like for like, the percent of forecast here divides by The Run's derived commercial-comparable subtotal (44.1 million fish sockeye, 119.9 million fish all species), not the raw ADF&G total. The full ADF&G forecast, unadjusted, is on the forecast page. ADF&G's own statewide roll-up still adds Kodiak from the same Blue Sheet row this site holds back, so the statewide figures here understate the season by that shortfall.