Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections for 2019 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of the 2018 Season
Author | : Rich Brenner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Pacific salmon fisheries |
ISBN | : |
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This report contains a detailed review of Alaska's 2018 commercial salmon season and harvest forecasts for 2019. The Alaska all-species salmon harvest for 2018 totaled 115.7 million, about 31.6 million less than the preseason forecast of 147.3 million. This combined harvest was composed of 241,000 Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, 50.5 million sockeye salmon O. nerka, 3.7 million coho salmon O. kisutch, 40.9 million pink salmon O. gorbuscha, and 20.3 million chum salmon O. keta. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expecting an increase in commercial salmon harvests in 2019. The 2019 total commercial salmon harvest (all species) projection of 213.2 million is expected to include 112,000 Chinook salmon in areas outside Southeast Alaska, 41.7 million sockeye salmon, 4.6 million coho salmon, 137.8 million pink salmon, and 29.0 million chum salmon. Compared to 2018 commercial harvests, the projected 2019 commercial harvests are expected to be as follows: pink salmon, 96.9 million more; sockeye salmon, 8.9 million fewer; coho salmon, 900,000 more; and chum salmon, 8.7 million more.