Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Upper Cook Inlet Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 11 (PDF 181 kB) - 7/3/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 10 (PDF 181 kB) - 6/30/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 9 (PDF 155 kB) - 6/26/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 8 (PDF 154 kB) - 6/24/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 7 (PDF 153 kB) - 6/24/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 6 (PDF 787 kB) - 6/13/25
• UPPER COOK INLET 2025 OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL DRIFT GILLNET SALMON FISHING (PDF 2,665 kB) - 4/10/25
• UPPER COOK INLET 2025 OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL SET GILLNET SALMON FISHING (PDF 787 kB) - 4/10/25
• UPPER COOK INLET SUBSISTENCE FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 1 (PDF 152 kB) - 3/3/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 3 (PDF 150 kB) - 3/3/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 1 (PDF 177 kB) - 2/13/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 2 (PDF 177 kB) - 2/13/25
• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 317 kB) - 1/27/25

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Inseason Information

• Inseason Harvest Summary

Harvest

• 2024 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Season Summary (PDF 1,797 kB)
• Statewide Salmon Harvest
• Kasilof River Sockeye Salmon Daily Run Timing Chart (PDF 234 kB)
• Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Daily Run Timing Chart (PDF 244 kB)
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Harvest by Species, 1956-2011 (PDF 245 kB)

Management

• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet 2025 Outlook for Set Gillnet Salmon (PDF 787 kB)
• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet 2025 Outlook for Drift Gillnet Salmon (PDF 2,665 kB)

Escapement Goal Recommendations

• Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Escapement Goal Memorandum, 3/26/2019 (PDF 917 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• 2023 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 3,612 kB)
• 2022 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 4,064 kB)
• 2021 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 7,866 kB)
• 2020 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 3,700 kB)
• 2019 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 4,383 kB)
• 2018 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 8,591 kB)
• 2017 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 3,949 kB)
• 2016 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 5,496 kB)
• 2015 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 6,283 kB)
• 2014 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 4,265 kB)
• 2013 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 5,326 kB)
• 2012 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 2,673 kB)
• 2011 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 7,979 kB)
• 2010 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 16,246 kB)

Historical

• The History of Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Fisheries

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Regulations

• 2024–2027 Cook Inlet Area Commercial Salmon Fishing Regulations (PDF 707 kB)

Registration Forms

• NEW! Commercial Permit Registration, Buoy Sticker and Tags — log into your ADF&G Account
  • Permit Registration, Buoy Tags and Stickers Application User Guide (PDF 3,152 kB)
• 2025 Northern District Area Registration (PDF 178 kB)
• 2025 Greater Cook Inlet Area Registration (PDF 21 kB)

Fish Ticket Reporting

• 2025 UCI Processor Letter (PDF 3,448 kB)

Forecasts

• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 317 kB)
• 2024 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 393 kB)
• 2023 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 229 kB)
• 2022 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 251 kB)
• 2021 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 536 kB)
• Statewide Salmon Forecast

Maps

Upper Cook Inlet Area District Maps

• Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Subdistricts (PDF 979 kB)
• Northern District Statistical Areas (PDF 540 kB)
• Central District Set Gillnet Statistical Areas (PDF 921 kB)
• Central District Drfit Gillnet Statistical Areas (PDF 1,150 kB)
• Central District Drfit Gillnet Areas 1_4 (PDF 1,058 kB)

Statewide Maps

• Salmon Management Activities

Fish Counts

• Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Escapements
• Fish Count Database
• Off Shore Test Fishery / Research

Research

Publications

• Migratory timing and abundance estimates of sockeye salmon into Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2017 (PDF 1,996 kB)
• Migratory Timing and Abundance Estimates for Sockeye Salmon in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2016 (PDF 2,217 kB)
• Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Escapement Studies, 2015 (PDF 2,361 kB)
• Evaluation of Methods Used to Apportion Sonar Counts to Species at the Rm19 Kenai River Sonar Site, 2016 (PDF 616 kB)

Offshore Test Fish Project

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Offshore Test Fish Project North and South Transect Maps (PDF 554 kB)