Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections for 2018 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of the 2017 Season Report Published
- ADF&G Press Release

Sam Cotten, Commissioner
P.O. Box 115526
Juneau, Alaska 99811-5526

Press Release: March 23, 2018

Contact: Forrest Bowers, Deputy Director, (907) 465-6139, forrest.bowers@alaska.gov

Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections for 2018 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of the 2017 Season Report Published

(Juneau) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announces the release of the statewide report: Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections for 2018 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of the 2017 Season.

The 2017 statewide commercial salmon harvest included 53.6 million sockeye salmon, the fifth largest harvest since 1970, and 24.9 million chum salmon, the largest harvest since 1970. The 2018 commercial salmon forecast is for a robust harvests of sockeye salmon (51.8 million), but for a substantially smaller harvest of pink salmon (70.2 million) compared to 2017. If realized, the 2018 forecast total harvest of 149 million salmon would be substantially less than the 225.7 million salmon harvested during 2017; mostly due to fewer projected pink salmon harvested.

For additional information see the 2018 Salmon Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections document on the Commercial Salmon Fisheries Forecasts page.