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Alaska salmon harvest statistics (July 2026)
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Statewide harvest vs forecast #
Alaska's 2026 commercial salmon harvest has reached 30.0M fish, 24% of the 125.5M fish preseason forecast (The Run).
About this data: ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast · Cumulative commercial harvest as a percent of the preseason forecast, by area · Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary · Statewide, by ADF&G management area · through Jul 16, 2026
Statewide sockeye harvest #
Alaska's 2026 commercial sockeye harvest is 25.6M fish, 51% of the 49.7M fish sockeye forecast (The Run).
About this data: ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast · Statewide cumulative harvest by area · Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary · Statewide, by area · through Jul 16, 2026
Bristol Bay sockeye harvest #
Bristol Bay's 2026 sockeye harvest is 21.1M fish, 63% of the 33.5M fish Bristol Bay sockeye forecast (The Run).
About this data: ADF&G Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catch Report (Blue Sheet), over the April preseason forecast · Cumulative commercial harvest by species and percent of forecast · Common-property and hatchery cost-recovery catch, preliminary · Bristol Bay · through Jul 16, 2026
District at the front of the scoreboard #
Bristol Bay has landed 62% of its 2026 preseason forecast (21.3M fish of 34.2M fish), among the furthest-along Alaska fishing areas.
District at position 2 of the scoreboard #
Alaska Peninsula has landed 42% of its 2026 preseason forecast (4.71M fish of 11.3M fish), among the furthest-along Alaska fishing areas.
District at position 3 of the scoreboard #
Chignik has landed 28% of its 2026 preseason forecast (466K fish of 1.64M fish), among the furthest-along Alaska fishing areas.
Statewide pink harvest #
Alaska's 2026 commercial pink harvest is 1.04M fish, 2% of the 56.0M fish forecast (The Run).
Statewide chum harvest #
Alaska's 2026 commercial chum harvest is 3.31M fish, 19% of the 17.2M fish forecast (The Run).
Statewide coho harvest #
Alaska's 2026 commercial coho harvest is 17K fish, 1% of the 2.42M fish forecast (The Run).
Preseason statewide forecast #
ADF&G's 2026 preseason forecast projects a 125.5M fish statewide commercial salmon harvest, including 49.7M fish sockeye.
About this data: ADF&G April Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections (Special Publication) · Projected commercial harvest by area and species · Statewide, by area and species
Sockeye ex-vessel price (last published season) #
The statewide average sockeye ex-vessel price for the 2025 season was $1.17 per pound (ADF&G preliminary finals, published after the season, not a current price).
Fishing areas on the scoreboard #
The Run tracks the cumulative commercial salmon harvest across 8 Alaska fishing areas against the preseason forecast, updated from ADF&G's Blue Sheet through the season.