Alaska’s commercial wild salmon catch passed the 105 million mark by the end of week 30, according to the latest preliminary harvest figures compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
In terms of species, the catch to date comprises 49 million sockeye, 38.7 million pinks, 16.5 million chum, 1.2 million coho and 231,000 king salmon.
Regionally, almost 39 million fish have come from the Bristol Bay area, including 37.5 million sockeye. The Nushagak District was the main contributor to this catch with than 12.9 million salmon, followed by the Egegik District and the Naknek-Kvichak District and with 11.8 million and 8.1 million salmon respectively.
The Cook Inlet fisheries have supplied more than 2.1 million salmon, including 1.6 million sockeye, 240,000 chum, 245,000 pinks, 31,000 coho and 7,000 kings. Prince William Sound’s commercial catch of 26.4 million salmon comprised 19.9 million pinks, 5.1 million chum, 1.3 million sockeye and 13,000 king salmon.
For the Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Region, the catch has reached 1 million salmon, including 991,000 chum.
In Southeast Alaska, the commercial salmon harvest stands at 17.2 million fish, including 9.8 million pinks, 5.9 million chum and 157,000 kings. Alaska’s Western region, meanwhile, has so far reported a commercial catch of almost 20.1 million salmon, including 8.7 million pinks, 8.3 million sockeye, 2.9 million chum and 16,000 kings.
