Alaska’s commercial wild salmon catch had exceeded 128.3 million fish by the end of week 31, 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 50.2 million sockeye, 58.2 million pinks, 18 million chum, 1.7 million coho and 237,000 king salmon.
Regionally, 39.1 million fish have come from the Bristol Bay area, including 37.6 million sockeye and 1.4 million chum. The Nushagak District has been the main contributor to this catch with more than 12.9 million salmon to date, 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 almost 3 million salmon, including 1.9 million sockeye, 609,000 pinks, 351,000 chum, 156,000 coho and 8,000 kings. Prince William Sound’s commercial catch so far of 32.6 million salmon comprised almost 26 million pinks, 5.3 million chum, 1.4 million sockeye, 19,000 coho and13,000 king salmon.
For the Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Region, the catch has reached 1.2 million salmon, including more than 1.1 million chum.
In Southeast Alaska, the commercial salmon harvest stands at more than 22.9 million fish, including 14.8 million pinks, 6.4 million chum and 161,000 kings. Alaska’s Western region, meanwhile, has to date reported a commercial catch of almost 29.4 million salmon, including 16.7 million pinks, 8.9 million sockeye, 3.5 million chum and 16,000 kings.
