Run Forecasts And Harvest Projections For 2000 Alaska Salmon Fisheries And Review Of The 1999 Season PDF Download

This report contains salmon run forecasts and harvest projections for 2023 as well as a detailed review of Alaska’s 2022 commercial salmon season. The Alaska all-species salmon harvest for 2022 totaled approximately 163.2 million fish, about 2.6 million more fish than the preseason forecast of 160.6 million fish. This combined harvest was composed of approximately 319,000 Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), 75.5 million sockeye (O. nerka), 1.9 million coho (O. kisutch), 69.5 million pink (O. gorbushcha), and just under 16.0 million chum salmon (O. keta). The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expecting an increase in commercial salmon harvests in 2023. The 2023 total commercial salmon harvest (all species) projection of 189.4 million fish is expected to include 78,000 Chinook salmon, 48.2 million sockeye salmon, under 3.0 million coho salmon, 122.2 million pink salmon, and 16.0 million chum salmon. Compared to 2022 commercial harvests, the projected 2023 commercial harvests are expected to be as follows: 52.7 million more pink salmon, 27.3 million fewer sockeye salmon, 1.0 million more coho salmon, and 24,000 more chum salmon.