Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Upper Cook Inlet Management Area

Fishery News Releases and Announcements

• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 34 (PDF 153 kB) - 8/17/19
• Chinitna Bay Opens to Set and Drift Gillnetting (PDF 128 kB) - 8/14/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 32 (PDF 130 kB) - 8/13/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 31 (PDF 23 kB) - 8/11/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 30 (PDF 126 kB) - 8/9/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 29 (PDF 20 kB) - 8/9/19
• UCI Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 28 (PDF 124 kB) - 8/8/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 27 (PDF 24 kB) - 8/7/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Annoucement No. 26 (PDF 124 kB) - 8/5/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 25 (PDF 25 kB) - 8/4/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 24 (PDF 127 kB) - 8/2/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 23 (PDF 129 kB) - 8/1/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 22 (PDF 132 kB) - 7/31/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 21 (PDF 115 kB) - 7/31/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Annoucement #20 (PDF 128 kB) - 7/30/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 19 (PDF 240 kB) - 7/28/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Inseason Run Assessment (PDF 19 kB) - 7/26/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 18 (PDF 131 kB) - 7/26/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement #17 (PDF 135 kB) - 7/24/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 15 (PDF 22 kB) - 7/21/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 16 (PDF 135 kB) - 7/21/19
• UCI Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 14 (PDF 136 kB) - 7/19/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement # 13 (PDF 134 kB) - 7/17/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 12 (PDF 133 kB) - 7/14/19
• Kasilof Section 1/2 mile set; NKB 600' set, Narrow Kasilof Section Drift Fishing Period (PDF 136 kB) - 7/12/19
• Upper Cook Inlet (UCI) Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 10 (PDF 133 kB) - 7/10/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Western Subdistrict Fishery Announcement (PDF 115 kB) - 7/9/19
• Upper Cook Inlet set gillnet opener in the Kenai and Kasilof sections of the Upper Subdistrict (PDF 133 kB) - 7/7/19
• Kasilof Section Set Gillnet Fishery Opening (PDF 132 kB) - 7/2/19
• Upper Cook Inlet Kasilof Section set gillnet opener (PDF 131 kB) - 6/30/19
• Kasilof Section Set Gillnet 8-hour Opening (PDF 155 kB) - 6/28/19
• Upper Cook Inlet set gillnet gear restriction and commercial fishing period modification for the Kenai and Kasilof sections (PDF 132 kB) - 6/19/19
• Kasilof Personal Use Gillnet Fishery Reduction (PDF 263 kB) - 6/12/19
• Tyonek Subsistence Fishery Reduction (PDF 21 kB) - 5/1/19
• UPPER SUBDISTRICT SET GILLNET GEAR REDUCTION OPTIONS FOR 2019 (PDF 275 kB) - 4/12/19
• 2019 Upper Cook Inlet Outlook for Commercial Salmon Fishing (PDF 402 kB) - 4/4/19
• ADF&G Releases Cook Inlet Salmon Escapement Goal Recommendations (PDF 93 kB) - 3/27/19
• Northern District King Salmon Closure (PDF 92 kB) - 1/7/19
• 2019 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 231 kB) - 1/4/19

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Inseason Information

• Inseason Harvest Summary

Harvest

• 2018 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Season Summary (PDF 680 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

• 2019 UCI Outlook For Commercial Salmon Fishing (PDF 402 kB)

Escapement Goal Recommendations

• Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Escapement Goal Memorandum, 3/26/2019 (PDF 900 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• 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)
• 2009 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 7,959 kB)
• 2008 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 931 kB)
• 2007 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 7,099 kB)

Historical

• The History of Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Fisheries

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Regulations

• NEW! 2017-2020 Cook Inlet Area Commercial Salmon Fishing Regulations (PDF 1,315 kB)

Registration Forms

• NEW! Upper Cook Inlet Electronic Registration Application (UCIERA)
• 2019 Northern District Area Registration (PDF 29 kB)
• 2019 Greater Cook Inlet Area Registration (PDF 20 kB)

Forecasts

• 2019 UCI Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 231 kB)
• 2018 UCI Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 230 kB)
• 2017 UCI Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 187 kB)
• 2016 UCI Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 224 kB)
• 2015 UCI Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 131 kB)
• Statewide Salmon Forecast

Maps

Upper Cook Inlet Area District Maps

• Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Subdistricts (PDF 317 kB)
• Northern District Statistical Areas (PDF 318 kB)
• Central District Statistical Areas (PDF 301 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

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