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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

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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 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.

The numbers
AreaHarvest to datePreseason forecast% of forecast
Southeast Alaska1.83M fish10.1M fish18%
Prince William Sound723K fish4.61M fish16%
Alaska Peninsula400K fish1.26M fish32%
Bristol Bay226K fish389K fish58%
Chignik62K fish74K fish84%
Kodiak61K fish494K fish12%
Cook Inlet5K fish113K fish4%
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim5K fish115K fish4%
Chum ex-vessel price by area, 2025 season (preliminary, not current)
AreaAvg 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.