Weekly Alaska Salmon Harvest Updates are produced for ASMI by the McKinley Research Group

2024 Weekly Alaska Salmon Harvest Update #6

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Thursday, August 01, 2024, 07:00 (GMT + 9)

Harvest Through 7/27/2024 (Statistical Week 30)

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• Through the approximate midpoint of the Alaska commercial salmon season for all species, about 42% of the preseason projected harvest of 136 million salmon have been harvested, including 99% of the forecasted sockeye salmon harvest.

• The Bristol Bay sockeye harvest of more than 30.9 million fish has exceeded the preseason projection but is down 23% from 2023. Bristol Bay sockeye have averaged 4.21 pounds, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), surpassing 2021 as the smallest on record.

• Pink salmon harvests continue to lag harvests from 2022, the previous even-numbered year, especially in Prince William Sound, a key pink salmon region where the harvest is down by 73%.

• Keta harvests are also down year-to-date across Alaska fishing regions, although after a recent ADF&G revision to previous-week data, 2024 keta harvest is now 7% higher than the five-year average keta harvest. 

Salmon Harvest by Statistical Week, 2024

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2024 Average Fish Weights

• Bristol Bay drift gillnet sockeye: 4.2 pounds
• Southeast troll fisheries: Chinook 10.9 lbs., coho 4.9 lbs., keta 9.1 lbs.
• Southeast purse seine hatchery (Taku Inlet) cost recovery fishery: keta 6.4 lbs
• Prince William Sound purse seine hatchery cost recovery fishery: pink 3.5 lbs.

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