Alaska’s commercial wild salmon catch for 2017 had reached 219.2 million fish by the end of week 39, an increase of 3,000,000 compared to the total posted in the previous week, according to the latest in-season harvest figures compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
The statewide take was originally forecast at 204 million salmon.
In terms of species, the catch to date comprises 52.1 million sockeye, 137.3 million pinks, 24.6 million chum, 4.9 million coho and 248,000 king salmon.
So far the contribution from the Bristol Bay area has totaled 39.3 million salmon, including almost 37.7 million sockeye, 1.4 million chum, 172,000 coho, 34,000 pinks and 39,000 kings. Nushagak District provided the largest catch with 13.1 million salmon, followed by the Egegik District and the Naknek-Kvichak District and with 11.9 million and 8.2 million salmon respectively.
The Cook Inlet fisheries have supplied almost 4.7 million salmon, including almost 2.1 million sockeye, 1.9 million pinks, 401,000 chum, 305,000 coho and 8,000 kings. Prince William Sound’s commercial catch so far of 56.1 million salmon has comprised 48.7 million pinks, 5.4 million chum, 1.4 million sockeye, 552,000 coho and 13,000 king salmon.
For the Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Region, the catch has exceeded 2 million salmon, including almost 1.7 million chum.
In Southeast Alaska, the commercial salmon harvest stands at almost 49.3 million fish, including 34.4 million pinks, 2.7 million coho, 11.3 million chum, 660,000 sockeye and 169,000 kings. To date, Alaska’s Western region has reported a commercial catch of almost 67.8 million salmon, including 52.2 million pinks, 10.3 million sockeye, 4.5 million chum and 19,000 kings.
