Species
Alaska chum salmon harvest
Statewide cumulative chum (dogs) 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
Cite
- Cumulative chum harvest
About this data
- 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 chum (dogs) harvest is 3.31M fish, 19% of the 17.2M fish preseason forecast. The by-area table shows where the chum are coming from. Percent of forecast is a pace read, not a good-or-bad call.
Statewide chum harvest reached 2.41 million fish, 14% of the 17.2 million fish forecast. Bristol Bay and Chignik are at 51% and 54% of forecast, while Southeast Alaska, the season's largest contributor at 1.03 million fish, is at 10% of forecast.
| Area | Harvest to date | Preseason forecast | % of forecast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Alaska | 1.83M fish | 10.1M fish | 18% |
| Prince William Sound | 723K fish | 4.61M fish | 16% |
| Alaska Peninsula | 400K fish | 1.26M fish | 32% |
| Bristol Bay | 226K fish | 389K fish | 58% |
| Chignik | 62K fish | 74K fish | 84% |
| Kodiak | 61K fish | 494K fish | 12% |
| Cook Inlet | 5K fish | 113K fish | 4% |
| Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim | 5K fish | 115K fish | 4% |
| Area | Avg price |
|---|---|
| Bristol Bay | $0.27/lb |
| Prince William Sound | $0.57/lb |
| Cook Inlet | $0.41/lb |
| Southeast Alaska | $0.66/lb |
| Kodiak | $0.39/lb |
| Chignik | $0.45/lb |
| Alaska Peninsula | $0.35/lb |
| Statewide | $0.60/lb |
About Alaska chum salmon harvest
This page tracks Alaska's statewide commercial chum salmon harvest, known in the fleet as dogs, 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.