Run Forecasts And Harvest Projections For 2001 Alaska Salmon Fisheries And Review Of The 2000 Season PDF Download

This report contains salmon run forecasts and harvest projections for 2022 as well as a detailed review of Alaska’s 2021 commercial salmon season. The Alaska all-species salmon harvest for 2021 totaled nearly 235.0 million fish, about 44.7 million fish more than the preseason forecast of 190.1 million fish. This combined harvest was composed of approximately 275,500 Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, 57.1 million sockeye salmon O. nerka, 2.8 million coho salmon O. kisutch, 161.4 million pink salmon O. gorbuscha, and 13.2 million chum salmon O. keta. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expecting a decrease in commercial salmon harvests in 2022. The 2022 total commercial salmon harvest (all species) projection of 160.6 million fish is expected to include 310,000 Chinook salmon, a record 74 million sockeye salmon, 3.6 million coho salmon, 67.2 million pink salmon, and 15.4 million chum salmon. Compared to 2021 commercial harvests, the projected 2022 commercial harvests are expected to be as follows: 94.2 million fewer pink salmon, 16.9 million more sockeye salmon, 0.8 million more coho salmon, and 2.2 million more chum salmon.