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Alaska sockeye salmon harvest

Statewide cumulative sockeye (reds) 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 sockeye (reds) harvest is 25.6M fish, 51% of the 49.7M fish preseason forecast. The by-area table shows where the sockeye are coming from. Percent of forecast is a pace read, not a good-or-bad call.

Statewide sockeye stands at 23.4 million fish, 47 percent of forecast. Bristol Bay dominates with 19.1 million fish at 57 percent of its forecast. The Alaska Peninsula is ahead at 64 percent of forecast, while other areas like Kodiak, Southeast and Cook Inlet are at 16, 12 and 8 percent of their forecasts.

The numbers
AreaHarvest to datePreseason forecast% of forecast
Bristol Bay21.1M fish33.5M fish63%
Alaska Peninsula3.36M fish4.75M fish71%
Prince William Sound558K fish1.25M fish45%
Chignik376K fish1.09M fish35%
Southeast Alaska131K fish948K fish14%
Cook Inlet36K fish469K fish8%
Kodiak5K fish2.06M fish0%
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwimn/a1K fishn/a
Sockeye ex-vessel price by area, 2025 season (preliminary, not current)
AreaAvg price
Bristol Bay$1.03/lb
Prince William Sound$2.57/lb
Cook Inlet$1.77/lb
Southeast Alaska$1.81/lb
Kodiak$1.34/lb
Chignik$1.55/lb
Alaska Peninsula$1.29/lb
Statewide$1.17/lb

About Alaska sockeye salmon harvest

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