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Alaska chinook salmon harvest

Statewide cumulative chinook (kings) harvest and the by-area scoreboard, from ADF&G's Blue Sheet

Data through Jul 16, 2026 · data pulled Jul 15, 2026, 7:00 PM PT

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Source
ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast
Series
Statewide cumulative harvest by area
Basis
Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary
Geography
Statewide, by area
Unit
thousand fish
Calculation
Cumulative in-season
Last observation
Jul 16, 2026
Update frequency
Up to twice daily in season

Statewide chinook (kings) harvest is 53K fish, 27% of the 197K fish preseason forecast. The by-area table shows where the chinook are coming from. Percent of forecast is a pace read, not a good-or-bad call.

Statewide chinook (kings) harvest stands at 47K fish, 24 percent of the 197K fish preseason forecast. Southeast Alaska provides 42K fish at 26 percent of its 162K fish forecast, while Prince William Sound has completed its 3K fish allocation. Bristol Bay is at 17 percent of its 6K fish forecast and Alaska Peninsula at 7 percent of 14K fish, with Kodiak and Chignik not yet reporting.

The numbers
AreaHarvest to datePreseason forecast% of forecast
Southeast Alaska47K fish162K fish29%
Prince William Sound3K fish3K fish100%
Alaska Peninsula2K fish14K fish14%
Bristol Bay1K fish6K fish17%
Kodiakn/a7K fishn/a
Chignikn/a4K fishn/a
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwimn/a0 fishn/a
Chinook ex-vessel price by area, 2025 season (preliminary, not current)
AreaAvg price
Bristol Bay$0.68/lb
Prince William Sound$17.63/lb
Cook Inlet$3.46/lb
Southeast Alaska$6.67/lb
Kodiak$0.10/lb
Chignik$1.35/lb
Alaska Peninsula$0.21/lb
Statewide$6.40/lb

About Alaska chinook salmon harvest

This page tracks Alaska's statewide commercial chinook salmon harvest, known in the fleet as kings, from ADF&G's Blue Sheet, against the preseason forecast, with the harvest broken out by fishing area. Figures 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.