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Alaska pink salmon harvest

Statewide cumulative pink (humpies) 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 pink (humpies) harvest is 1.04M fish, 2% of the 56.0M fish preseason forecast. The by-area table shows where the pink are coming from. Percent of forecast is a pace read, not a good-or-bad call.

Statewide pink harvest reached 958 thousand fish, 2 percent of the 56 million fish preseason forecast. Alaska Peninsula is carrying the early harvest at 924 thousand fish, or 18 percent of its forecast, with Chignik at 21 thousand.

The numbers
AreaHarvest to datePreseason forecast% of forecast
Alaska Peninsula952K fish5.06M fish19%
Southeast Alaska37K fish19.0M fish0%
Chignik28K fish415K fish7%
Prince William Sound18K fish18.6M fish0%
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim1K fish15K fish7%
Bristol Bayn/a256K fishn/a
Cook Inletn/a381K fishn/a
Kodiakn/a12.3M fishn/a
Pink ex-vessel price by area, 2025 season (preliminary, not current)
AreaAvg price
Bristol Bay$0.05/lb
Prince William Sound$0.35/lb
Cook Inlet$0.26/lb
Southeast Alaska$0.25/lb
Kodiak$0.30/lb
Chignik$0.35/lb
Alaska Peninsula$0.25/lb
Statewide$0.30/lb

About Alaska pink salmon harvest

This page tracks Alaska's statewide commercial pink salmon harvest, known in the fleet as humpies, 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.