Alaska’s commercial wild salmon catch for 2017 stood at almost 199 million fish by the end of week 34, according to the latest in-season harvest figures compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
In terms of species, the catch to date comprised 51.7 million sockeye, 121.9 million pinks, 21.7 million chum, 3.4 million coho and 243,000 king salmon.
So far, 39.3 million fish have come from the Bristol Bay area, including 37.7 million sockeye and 1.4 million chum. The Nushagak District has been the main contributor to this catch with 13.1 million salmon to date, followed by the Egegik District and the Naknek-Kvichak District and with 11.9 million and 8.1 million salmon respectively.
The Cook Inlet fisheries have supplied almost 4.5 million salmon, including 2.1 million sockeye, 1.7 million pinks, 400,000 chum, 275,000 coho and 8,000 kings. Prince William Sound’s commercial catch so far of 47.3 million salmon comprised 40.5 million pinks, 5.4 million chum, 1.4 million sockeye, 63,000 coho and 13,000 king salmon.
For the Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Region, the catch is close to 1.9 million salmon, including more than 1.6 million chum.
In Southeast Alaska, the commercial salmon harvest stands at more than 41.5 million fish, including 30.3 million pinks, 8.5 million chum and 164,000 kings. Alaska’s Western region, meanwhile, has to date reported a commercial catch of 61.7 million salmon, including 46.7 million pinks, almost 10 million sockeye, 4.3 million chum and 19,000 kings.
