Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Upper Cook Inlet Management Area
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| Fisheries: (907) 262-9611 | Escapement Numbers: (907) 262-9097 | Kenai/Kasilof dipnet: (907) 267-2512 |
Fishery News Releases and Announcements
- Upper Cook Inlet: Chinitna Bay Subdistrict (PDF 19 kB) - 8/29/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Drift Gillnet Expansion to Area 1 (PDF 88 kB) - 8/22/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Upper Subdistrict set gillnet closure and restriction to Central District Drift gillnet period opener (PDF 91 kB) - 8/12/18
- KRSHA Fishing Period Extension (PDF 133 kB) - 8/10/18
- Extension of Set and Drift Period in KRSHA (PDF 133 kB) - 8/9/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Upper Subdistrict set gillnet closure and restriction to Drift Gillnet period opener (PDF 94 kB) - 8/8/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Western Subdistrict Set Gillnet Regular Periods (PDF 19 kB) - 8/8/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Set and Drift Opener in Kasilof Special Harvest Area (PDF 133 kB) - 8/7/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Upper Subdistrict set gillnet and Central District Drift Gillnet Period Closure; Opener of Drift Gillnet period on Aug 7 (PDF 93 kB) - 8/5/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Upper Subdistrict Set Gillnet and Central District Drift Gillnet Closures (PDF 87 kB) - 8/1/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Kasilof 600ft Section Inseason Stock Composition Summary (PDF 164 kB) - 8/1/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Northern District Gear Reduction (PDF 73 kB) - 8/1/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Drift gillnet and E. Foreland set gillnet closure (PDF 86 kB) - 7/29/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Kasilof Section Set Gillnet Opener 600ft (PDF 21 kB) - 7/27/18
- Upper Cook Inlet: Drift gillnet and E. Foreland set gillnet closure and opener of Kailof Section 600ft set gillnet fishery (PDF 23 kB) - 7/25/18
- Upper Cook Inlet Inseason Assessment 2018 (PDF 90 kB) - 7/24/18
- Upper Subdistrict Set and Drift Gillnet Opener (PDF 21 kB) - 7/22/18
- Northern District Gear Reduction (PDF 20 kB) - 7/22/18
- Kasilof Section Set Gillnet Opener 600ft (PDF 21 kB) - 7/21/18
- Set Gillnet Openers for Kasilof Section within one-half mile and N. K-Beach within 600ft (PDF 169 kB) - 7/20/18
- Set Gillnet Openers for Kasilof Section within one-half mile and N. K-Beach within 600ft (PDF 169 kB) - 7/20/18
- Drift gillnet and E. Foreland setnet closure and Kasilof one-half mile and N. K-Beach 600ft. set gillnet opener (PDF 94 kB) - 7/18/18
- Kasilof Section Set Gillnet Opener 600ft (PDF 21 kB) - 7/18/18
- Drift Gillnet Opener (PDF 20 kB) - 7/15/18
- Kasilof Section Set Gillnet Opener within one-half mile (PDF 20 kB) - 7/13/18
- Set Gillnet Opener in Upper Subdistrict (PDF 21 kB) - 7/11/18
- Set Gillnet Opener In Upper Subdistrict (PDF 21 kB) - 7/8/18
- Kasilof Section Set & Drift Gillnet Opening (PDF 21 kB) - 7/6/18
- W. Subdistrict South of Redoubt Point Fishing Period Modification (PDF 29 kB) - 7/6/18
- Kasilof Section Set and Drift Gillnet Fishery Opening (PDF 20 kB) - 7/3/18
- Kasilof Section Set and Drift Gillnet Fishery Opening (PDF 117 kB) - 6/29/18
- Modification of Fishing Periods in Upper Subdistrict of the Central District excluding the East Foreland Section (PDF 89 kB) - 6/22/18
- Northern District Set Gillnet Closure (PDF 21 kB) - 6/20/18
- Yentna Subsistence Fishery Closed (PDF 171 kB) - 6/20/18
- Kasilof Personal Use Gillnet Fishery Reduction (PDF 163 kB) - 6/12/18
- 2018 UCI Outlook For Commercial Salmon Fishing (PDF 403 kB) - 4/27/18
- Directed King Salmon Fishery Closure in Northern District (PDF 91 kB) - 3/13/18
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Inseason Information
Harvest
Management
- 2018 UCI Outlook For Commercial Salmon Fishing (PDF 403 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
Regulations
- NEW! 2017-2020 Cook Inlet Area Commercial Salmon Fishing Regulations (PDF 1,315 kB)
Registration Forms
Forecasts
- 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)
- 2014 UCI Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 132 kB)
- Statewide Salmon Forecast
Maps
Upper Cook Inlet Area District Maps
Statewide Maps
Fish Counts
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)