Inseason Alaska Commercial Salmon Summary

This summary provides management, harvest, and escapement information for the Alaska commercial salmon fishing season. This summary will be updated each Friday between mid-May and September. Please note, inseason harvest data published in this summary are preliminary and subject to change. For more information on the Blue Sheet, inseason summaries, and harvest timing charts, please see our Blue Sheet, Inseason Summary, and Harvest Timing Charts Overview page.

Southeast Alaska & Yakutat

Troll Fishery

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The department opened a third Chinook salmon retention period for the general summer troll season as a limited harvest fishery from September 1 through September 10, 2023, to harvest approximately 3,200 treaty Chinook salmon. A total of 9 Chinook salmon were allocated to each commercial troll permit.

Preliminary fish ticket data for the summer fishery reported through September 14 indicate a total of 513 troll permits landed 86,600 Chinook salmon during the first retention period, 307 permits landed 8,300 Chinook salmon during the second retention period and 266 permits have reported 1,500 Chinook salmon from the third retention period. Harvest reported on fish tickets for other species include 954,800 coho salmon and 346,900 chum salmon. Seasonal average prices are $5.77/lb for Chinook, $1.67/lb for coho and $0.55 /lb for chum salmon. Current average weights are 10.5 lb for Chinook, 4.9 lb for coho, and 7.5 lb for chum salmon. Chinook salmon average weight is below the 2022 and the 5-year average by 0.6 and 1.0 lb, while coho salmon average weight is below the 2022 and 5-year average by 0.3 lb and 1.0 lb. Chum salmon average weight is above the 2022 weight average by 0.3 lb and equal to the 5-year average weight.

The current regional power troll coho salmon catch rate for this week (SW 37) is 89 coho/boat/day, a rate above the 20-year average (84) for the same weekly period. The highest catch rate this week is in the Southern Inside area at 116 coho/boat/day followed by the Central Inside (60) and Central Inside (48) areas. Fishery performance data is not available for the other areas due inclement weather and low effort. 

Fishing effort in the directed chum salmon fishery decreased considerably in the middle of August after a decrease in product demand resulted in a drop in dock price.  No directed chum salmon fishing effort has been reported for SWs 36 and 37. Cumulative catch for the Sitka Sound area since SW 27 indicate 88 vessels have taken 119,800 fish from 395 landings at a rate of 303 fish per landing. A total of 35 vessels fishing the Crawfish Inlet area have reported a cumulative harvest of 57,200 chum salmon from 100 landings at a rate of 572 fish per landing.

Directed chum salmon landings reported on fish tickets for West Behm Canal and Neets Bay since July 1 indicate 55 vessels have taken 148,800 chum salmon from 470 landings at a rate of 317 fish per landing. A total of 14 vessels have reported a cumulative catch of 4,600 chum salmon from 32 landings in District 14 (Icy Strait) at a rate of 143 fish per landing. A total of 10 vessels have reported 5,500 chum salmon from 16 landings at Burnett Inlet at a rate of 343 fish per landing. Current data indicate these fisheries are finished for the season. 

The department announced today that the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat commercial troll salmon fishery will be extended through 11:59 p.m., Saturday, September 30th, 2023 in most waters of the region, however, the waters of frequent high king salmon abundance, waters specified in 5 AAC 29.150, and those waters closed by emergency order under 5 AAC 29.100 in Section 15A in Northern Lynn Canal and District 181 near Yakutat will be closed. 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Purse Seine Fishery

Last updated: Friday, September 01

The Southeast Alaska (SEAK) pink salmon run is nearing the end and directed pink salmon fisheries have concluded for the year.

Purse seine openings directed at harvesting pink salmon began June 18 and expanded in time and area throughout July. Beginning July 27, the purse fishery began an opening rotation of 2-days on/2-days off and continued that rotation until the fishery was closed to directed pink salmon fishing on August 26. The fishery was closed after all processors indicated they would no longer be buying pink salmon. Fishing opportunity remains in select hatchery terminal harvest areas. In addition, the department will continue to look for opportunity for fall chum salmon fisheries.

The SEAK 2023 total common property salmon harvest by the purse seine gear is over 51 million fish. This includes an estimated 44.5 million pink salmon of which almost 100% were harvested in traditional fisheries, and 6.3 million chum salmon of which over 60% were harvested in traditional fisheries. The overall pink salmon harvest is estimated to be 46.5 million fish, 2.5 times the preseason forecast of 19 million fish. Escapement ranged from good to excellent throughout SEAK and many areas will be over management targets. Purse seine effort was low again this year with 206 permits making landings. This is more than the number of permits fishing last year and similar to 2021 (204 permits) but still well below the recent 10-year average effort of 242 permits.

The 2023 SEAK forecast of hatchery-produced summer chum salmon runs was 9.2 million fish. This includes 2.8 million fish to five Douglas Island and Pink and Chum locations, 3.3 million fish to six Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association locations, and 3.1 million fish to six Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association locations. A portion of these runs are harvested in traditional purse seine fisheries and in Terminal Harvest Area (THA) purse seine fisheries in Kendrick Bay, Anita Bay, Southeast Cove, Thomas Bay, Hidden Falls, Deep Inlet, and Amalga Harbor. Chum salmon runs and harvests in common property purse seine fisheries was better than expected and still ongoing. Over 9.5 million chum salmon are estimated to have been harvested in common property traditional and THA fisheries throughout the region The majority of chum salmon harvested are summer run chum salmon and that run has concluded.

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Drift Gillnet Fishery

Last updated: Friday, May 19

The 2023 Southeast Alaska traditional gillnet fishery will open on June 18 in Districts 1, 6, 11, and 15. 

The Southeast Alaska (SEAK) Chinook salmon stocks trend of low abundance continues. Over the past 5 years (2018–2022), the 11 monitored Chinook salmon index systems did not meet escapement goals 47% of the time. In 2022, 6 of the 11 monitored Chinook salmon index systems were below their escapement goal ranges. Of the 11 monitored stocks, ADF&G has more detailed stock assessment that allows for annual run forecasts for 5 of those stocks. In 2023, ADF&G forecasted 4 of those 5 stock total runs to be within their respective escapement goal ranges. Detailed Southeast Alaska Chinook salmon forecast information was released in an advisory announcement on December 9, 2022 (https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1447493979.pdf). The 2023 all-gear Pacific Salmon Treaty (PST) Chinook salmon allocation is 201,900 treaty Chinook salmon (non-Alaska hatchery-produced Chinook salmon that fall under the terms of the PST). This year’s all-gear harvest limit includes a 2% reduction that will serve as a buffer to avoid exceeding the all-gear limit and payback provisions within the PST.

For 2023, the preliminary forecast for the Nass River is for a total run of 459,000 sockeye salmon. The terminal run forecast for Stikine River sockeye salmon is 86,000 fish, which constitutes a below average run size (103,000 fish). The Taku River wild sockeye salmon terminal run is expected to be 169,000 fish, above the average terminal run size of 155,000 fish. The Taku River enhanced sockeye salmon run is again expected to be minimal and below the average terminal run size of approximately 11,000 fish. Chilkat and Chilkoot Lakes sockeye salmon runs are expected to be average to above average. Douglas Island Pink and Chum Inc. (DIPAC) forecasts a Snettisham Hatchery sockeye salmon run of 151,000 fish in 2023, below the average of 160,000 fish but well above the 2021 and 2022 runs.

Excluding the Taku River coho salmon stock, wild coho salmon runs are not typically forecasted. The 2023 Taku River coho salmon terminal run forecast is 102,000 fish, above the 98,000 fish average.

The SEAK pink salmon harvest forecast for 2023 is 19 million fish, with a range of 12 to 29 million fish. The majority of the pink salmon harvest for the region is typically taken by purse seine gear.

The 2023 SEAK forecast of hatchery-produced summer chum salmon runs is 9.2 million fish. This includes 2.8 million fish to 5 DIPAC locations, 3.3 million fish to 6 Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) locations, and 3.1 million fish to 6 Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA) locations. A portion of these runs will be harvested in traditional drift gillnet fisheries in Districts 1, 6, 8, 11, and 15, and in Terminal Harvest Area (THA) drift gillnet fisheries in Boat Harbor, Deep Inlet, Southeast Cove, Anita Bay, Neets Bay, and Nakat Inlet. Annual chum salmon harvests in regional drift gillnet fisheries have averaged 2.7 million fish.

 

For further details concerning this fishery, please see the 2022 Southeast Alaska Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan (PDF 3,507 kB)

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Tree Point/Section 1-B

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The Tree Point drift gillnet fishery was open for five days starting on Sunday, September 10. Effort decreased with 12 vessels taking part this week, which is one third of the 10-year average for effort of 36 vessels. The estimated weekly harvest for statistical week 37 was 2,900 coho salmon and 9,300 chum salmon. Coho salmon harvest increased from the previous week but is below the 10-year average. Chum salmon harvest decreased from the previous week but is greater than the 10-year average. The Section 1-B gillnet fishery is being managed based on the strength of the return of wild coho salmon runs. Tree Point will have five days of fishing time in statistical week 38, beginning at 12:01 p.m., Sunday, September 17.

For updates on SSRAA contributions visit their website at http://www.ssraa.org/.  

 

For further details concerning this fishery, please see the 2022 Southeast Alaska Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan (PDF 3,507 kB)

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Stikine and Prince of Wales/Districts 6 and 8

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The District 6 and 8 gillnet fishery was managed for wild coho salmon abundance during the statistical week 37 opening. Both districts were opened for four days beginning Sunday, September 10 with a preliminary harvest estimate of 1,600 coho and 2,800 chum salmon from 12 boats fishing in District 6 and 10 Chinook, 8,000 coho, 10 pink, and 3,000 chum salmon from 25 boats in District 8. Overall, this week’s wild coho salmon harvest decreased in District 6 and the harvest of hatchery fish increased substantially in District 8. Effort was mostly concentrated in the southern portion of District 8 with boats targeting hatchery returns to the Anita Bay THA located just south of the district.  

Coho salmon fishery performance has been near or above average in adjacent fisheries; however, this has yet to translate into good wild coho salmon harvest in the District 6 gillnet fishery. Historically, the wild coho salmon harvest tends to peak this time of year with the hatchery component peaking a week or two later.  For statistical week 38, both districts will open for three days starting September 17.

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Taku-Snettisham/Section 11-B

Last updated: Friday, September 15

District 11 was open for 5 days this week with an estimated fleet of just 12 boats setting nets, which was less than half of average. Coho salmon fishing was seemingly hit-or-miss for most folks this week with pulses of fish hitting nets and long lulls in between. Fishing conditions on the grounds were reported as not exactly stellar and fishermen reported slime and “tobacco juice” hampering catches early in the opening. A significant number of fish were reported to have been caught in the very bottom meshes of fishermen’s nets and presumably many fish were simply staying deep and avoiding any chance of harvest by the fleet. Marine weather conditions in the latter half of the opening certainly affected the effort on the grounds with a significant proportion of the fleet heading in by Wednesday afternoon with an impending storm and gale winds on the horizon.

Coho salmon catches were about half of the recent 10-year average for the week and catch per unit effort was about 60% of average. Code wire tag (CWT) samples obtained from the fishing grounds this week showed a nice jump in Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) hatchery coho salmon harvested, which—along with the inriver run size estimate—bodes well for the District 11 drift gillnet fishery having plenty of Allowable Catch (AC) remaining for continued coho salmon harvest within the bounds of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. Up in the Taku River at the Canyon Island research camp, project fish wheel catches have remained consistent through mid-September and tagging efforts have continued as part of a mark-recapture experiment to estimate inriver fish abundance. Upriver of the international border in the Canadian inriver gillnet fishery, coho salmon harvest took small a step down from above average catches last week, to near average this week. However, effort was low with only three permits making landings during this week’s opening. The fourth inriver Taku River inriver run size estimate was produced this week which yielded a terminal run estimate of 89,500 above-border origin coho salmon, which is below the preseason forecast of 102,000 fish, but within the biological escapement goal (EG) range of 50,000 to 90,000 fish.

Some fall chum have been trickling though the fishery with an average catch for the week.

District 11 will open for 5 days again next week to give ample opportunity for the anticipated small fleet to target coho salmon as well as giving fishermen the ability to fish around the fall weather when conditions deteriorate.

 

The 2022 SEAK Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan can be found on the Southeast Management Plans webpage.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Lynn Canal/District 15

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The District 15 drift gillnet fishery was open for four days with a below average fleet size of 35 vessels. Fishing effort was similar to last week, but only half of the recent 10-year average of 60 permits. All sub-districts were open to commercial fishing except for Lutak Inlet. Fishing started out slow and as the weather worsened, fishing picked up to a sizable chum and coho salmon harvest for those who toughed out the storm. Harvest rates for both chum and coho salmon were above the 10-year average for SW 37. The estimated weekly harvest was 300 sockeye, 10,000 coho, 16,000 chum salmon, and no pink salmon. Coho and chum salmon harvests were above average and sockeye and pink salmon harvests were below average.

The preliminary inriver run estimate for large Chilkat River Chinook salmon is 2,241 fish, which meets the lower bound of the escapement goal range of 1,750—3,500 fish.

The final Chilkoot River sockeye salmon escapement estimate is 69,506 fish, within the sustainable escapement goal (SEG) range of 38,000-86,000 fish.

The lower bound of the Chilkat Lake sockeye salmon escapement goal range was achieved on August 6, 2023, and the current escapement estimate is 80,000 fish. This project will operate through the first week of October, and final escapement estimates will follow.

The current Chilkat River fish wheel chum salmon catch is approximately 6,000 fish. The expansion factor used to estimate chum salmon escapement in the Chilkat River drainage is currently equivalent to 240,000 fish, approaching the upper bound of the escapement goal range of 75,000-250,000 chum salmon.

Commercial drift gillnet fishing in District 15 will continue as long as there is interest and processors continue to buy fish. Next week (statistical week 38), District 15 drift gillnet fishery will open for four days. More area will be given in Chilkat Inlet, with the northern line moved up to the latitude of Letnikof Cove Light. 

 

 

 

 

The 2022 SEAK Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan can be found on the Southeast Management Plans webpage.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Yakutat Area Set Gillnet Fishery

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The Yakutat set gillnet fisheries opened in June, with openings for the various systems staggered according to run timing and regulation. The Southeast Alaska (SEAK) Transboundary Rivers Chinook salmon stocks are experiencing unprecedented levels of poor production; record low runs were observed for many of these stocks in 2022, and 2023 forecasts indicate continued poor levels of production. In an effort to bolster spawning escapements, Alaska and Canada are coordinating fisheries management per treaty obligations to minimize harvest of depressed Chinook salmon and sockeye salmon stocks. Management actions to conserve Alsek River Chinook salmon stocks will be observing harvest during the early part of the season and adjusting fishing time as needed to reduce harvest. Management actions for sockeye salmon conservation will be based on fishery performance.

In the Yakutat and Yakataga Districts, all systems are under coho salmon management. The Alsek River set gillnet fishery opened on September 10, for 72-hours and was not fished. The East Alsek River was opened on September 10, for 72-hours and was not fished. Akwe River was opened on September 10, for 72-hours and was not fished. The Yakutat Bay fishery was opened on September 10, for 72-hours and was not fished. The Situk-Ahrnklin estuary fishery was opened on September 10, for 72-hours and then extended another 12-hours; 37 permits were fished. There was a harvest of 12,174 coho, and 2 chum salmon. Harvest was below the 10-year average and fleet participation was average for this statistical week. Manby Shore Ocean fishery and Manby Inside Waters were not fished for this statistical week.

In the Yakataga District, the Tsiu and Seal Rivers were open for 72-hours but not fished. Kaliakh River was open this week but less than three permits were fished and harvest information is confidential.

Fishing times may be adjusted based on escapement and survey information for statistical week 38. The Italio River will open by emergency order when adequate levels of escapement can be documented.  

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Terminal Harvest Area (THA) Fisheries

Last updated: Friday, May 19

Terminal Harvest Area (THA) drift gillnet fisheries occur in Nakat Inlet, Carroll Inlet, Anita Bay, Southeast Cove, Deep Inlet, and Boat Harbor. THA seine fisheries occur in Carroll Inlet, Kendrick Bay, Anita Bay, Thomas Bay, Southeast Cove, Hidden Falls, Crawfish Inlet, and Deep Inlet.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Nakat Inlet THA

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The forecasted Nakat Inlet return is 271,000 summer chum, 73,000 fall chum, and 18,600 coho salmon. The Nakat Inlet Terminal Harvest Area (THA) opened by regulation to the harvest of salmon by drift gillnet gear Thursday, June 1, and will close Friday, November 10, 2023. The current harvest is 626,000 summer chum salmon or 231% of the summer chum salmon forecasted return. The current harvest of fall chum salmon is 89,000 or 122% of the forecasted return. The overall total includes 226,000 summer and fall chum salmon harvested by drift gillnet gear and 154,000 summer and fall chum salmon harvested by purse seine gear in the traditional fishery, and 335,000 chum salmon harvested in the THA. A total of 1,600 coho salmon have been harvested in the THA to date. 

 

For further information please refer to the 2022 Southeast Alaska Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan (PDF 3,507 kB) and for updates on Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA) contributions visit the SSRAA website.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Neets Bay THA

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The forecasted Neets Bay return is 792,000 summer chum, 65,000 fall chum, 4,800 Chinook, and 80,300 coho salmon. The Neets Bay Terminal Harvest Area (THA) opened to the harvest of salmon by troll gear on Thursday, June 15, 2023, and to a rotational fishery between drift gillnet and purse seine on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Neets Bay closed to the harvest of salmon by all gear groups at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, July 6, 2023, to allow for Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA) cost recovery operations. Neets Bay reopened to the harvest of salmon on Thursday, August 17, continuously to troll gear and by rotation to net gear through Sunday, August 27, 2023. The current summer chum salmon harvest is 1,295,000 chum salmon or 163% of the forecasted return. The current fall chum salmon harvest is 30,000 or 46% of the forecasted return. The overall total includes 118,000 salmon harvested by troll gear, 76,000 salmon harvested by drift gillnet gear, and 616,000 salmon harvested by purse seine gear in the traditional fishery, 100,000 salmon harvested for broodstock, 138,000 salmon harvested for cost recovery, and 20,000 salmon harvested by purse seine gear in the THA. 

 

For further information please refer to the ADF&G advisory announcement for Neets Bay and for updates on SSRAA contributions visit the SSRAA website.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Kendrick Bay THA

Last updated: Friday, September 15

The forecasted return for Kendrick Bay is 732,000 summer chum salmon. The Kendrick Bay Terminal Harvest Area (THA) opened by regulation to the harvest of salmon by purse seine gear Thursday, June 15, and will close on Saturday, September 30, 2023. The current harvest is 1,540,000 chum salmon or 211% of the summer chum salmon forecasted return. This total includes 78,000 salmon harvested by drift gillnet gear and 1,207,000 salmon harvested by purse seine gear in the traditional fishery, and 245,000 salmon harvested in the THA. 

 

For further information please refer to the 2021 Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Fishery Management Plan (PDF 1,379 kB)  and for updates on SSRAA contributions visit the SSRAA website.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Caroll Inlet THA

Last updated: Friday, July 21

The forecasted return for Carroll Inlet is 10,100 Chinook salmon. The Carroll Inlet THA opened to the harvest of salmon by troll gear continuously and by a rotational fishery between purse seine and drift gillnet on Thursday, June 15. The Carroll Inlet THA closed to all gear groups on Friday, June 30. The current estimated harvest is 4,000 Chinook salmon by purse seine and 2,800 Chinook salmon by drift gillnet.

 

For further information please refer to the ADF&G advisory announcement for Carroll Inlet and for updates on SSRAA contributions visit the SSRAA website.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Anita Bay THA

Last updated: Friday, September 15

For 2023, the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA) forecasted total runs of 7,700 Chinook, 275,000 summer chum, and 10,100 coho salmon from releases at Anita Bay. A total of 6,200 Chinook, 112,300 summer chum, and 4,800 coho salmon are expected to be available for harvest in the Terminal Harvest Area (THA). The common property commercial harvest to date is 2,100 Chinook and 400 chum salmon by purse seine, 4,700 Chinook, 17,000 chum, and 800 coho salmon by drift gillnet, and 175 Chinook salmon by troll gear. The Anita Bay THA is currently open to all gear groups continuously until it closes for the season in November. 

 

For further information and updates on Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA) contributions and updates visit the SSRAA website.

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Deep Inlet THA

Last updated: Friday, September 01

The Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) expects runs of 951,000 chum, 13,000 Chinook, and 38,000 coho salmon to the Deep Inlet remote release site and the Medvejie Hatchery in 2023. This season, NSRAA does not anticipate cost recovery operations in the Deep Inlet Terminal Harvest Area (THA). Additionally, NSRAA will need approximately 122,500 chum salmon for broodstock. Most of the common property harvest can be expected to take place in the Deep Inlet THA by drift gillnet and purse seine gear, but some harvest is likely to occur outside the THA by troll and purse seine gear as well.

Beginning Sunday, September 3, the Deep Inlet THA will be open to the harvest of salmon by purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll gear concurrently from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. each day through Saturday, September 23. Through August 31, Deep Inlet purse seine harvest is approximately 1,300 Chinook and 644,000 chum salmon, while gillnet harvest is 1,400 Chinook salmon and 294,000 chum salmon. 

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Hidden Falls THA

Last updated: Friday, August 18

Common property fisheries targeting hatchery produced chum salmon within the Hidden Falls THA have concluded for the season. The Hidden Falls Hatchery, operated by the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA), expected a run of 806,000 chum salmon in 2023. While still preliminary, the actual 2023 chum salmon run has exceeded 1.1 million chum salmon. NSRAA has successfully completed broodstock collections.

The 2023 purse seine harvest in the Hidden Falls THA is approximately 856,000 chum salmon.

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Crawfish Inlet THA

Last updated: Friday, September 01

A run of 867,000 chum salmon is forecasted to return to the Crawfish Inlet remote release site in 2023. The Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) is currently conducting cost recovery in Crawfish Inlet with a goal of 740,000 chum salmon. No chum salmon are needed for broodstock this year.

Common property purse seine openings occurred on August 29 and August 31. Harvest from these openings is confidential. Beginning on Thursday, August 31, a small portion of West Crawfish will be open to to purse seine gear from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday of each. The Crawfish Inlet THA will be open to purse seining from 6:00 a.m. Monday, September 4, through 9:00 p.m., Saturday, September 23.

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Thomas Bay THA

Last updated: Friday, May 19

The Thomas Bay THA will be open to common property purse seine and troll fisheries beginning Sunday, June 18. No cost recovery operations are planned in 2023. Purse seine openings will occur on Sundays and Thursdays and troll openings will occur on days not open to purse seining through Saturday, August 5. Details of the 2023 Thomas Bay THA fishing schedule and area were announced in a separate ADF&G advisory announcement released on April 12.

The Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) is expecting a total run of 97,000 chum salmon. A portion of the run will be harvested in common property fisheries in Chatham Strait and Frederick Sound.

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.

Southeast Cove THA

Last updated: Friday, May 19

The Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) is forecasting a run of 570,000 summer chum salmon to the Southeast Cove THA. However, NSRAA is planning on conducting cost recovery operations before allowing common property fishing in the THA. Once cost recovery goals are reached, common property openings will be permitted and an advisory announcement will be issued with the rotational schedule; the fishing rotation will be similar to 2022. Purse seine openings will occur on Sundays and Thursdays, drift gillnet openings will occur on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and troll openings will occur on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The THA will close to all fisheries on Tuesday, August 1. A portion of the run could be harvested in common property fisheries in Chatham Strait.

 

For more information, please visit the ADF&G website for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Management Area.