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More information for The Copper River escapement estimates is available if you visit the Copper River Commercial Fish salmon fishery page.


Location: Copper River (Miles L)
Species: Sockeye
Method: Sonar

The selected years are color-coded in the graphs below:

  • 2019
  • 2018
Daily Counts
Cumulative

Description: The Sonar on the Copper River is located at the outlet of Miles Lake, about 70 miles from the Chitina dipnet fishery. It takes approximately 2 weeks for salmon to travel this distance, but this is highly variable depending on the water level. The water levels listed here are an indication of the general trends in the Copper River but may not be indicative of what is occurring at Chitina. The current escapement goal for Sockeye is 360,000 to 750,000.
More information about the sonar is located Copper River sonar/weir site external link.

Sustainable Escapement Goal for Sockeye in 2019: 360,000 - 750,000 (Graphed above)

Contact: Fishery Biologist,
907-424-4012

81 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2019
Count
2019
Cumulative
2019
Cumulative
2018
Notes for
2019
Jul-28 8,010 1,039,354 701,577 Water Level Reading: 43.05 meters
Jul-27 4,047 1,031,344 699,603 Water Level Reading: 43.70 meters
Jul-26 3,798 1,027,297 697,310 Water Level Reading: 43.70 meters
Jul-25 7,338 1,023,499 694,610 Water Level Reading: 43.75 meters
Jul-24 6,907 1,016,161 691,478 Water Level Reading: 43.82 meters
Jul-23 8,322 1,009,254 687,115 Water Level Reading: 43.87 meters
Jul-22 10,404 1,000,932 681,709 Water Level Reading: 43.78 meters
Jul-21 11,160 990,528 674,460 Water Level Reading: 43.62 meters
Jul-20 13,764 979,368 664,249 Water Level Reading: 43.43 meters
Jul-19 17,839 965,604 653,749 Water Level Reading: 43.29 meters
Jul-18 22,530 947,765 642,049 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jul-17 23,452 925,235 628,519 Water Level Reading: 43.34 meters
Jul-16 16,992 901,783 614,693 Water Level Reading: 43.34 meters
Jul-15 22,626 884,791 598,533 Water Level Reading: 43.57 meters
Jul-14 24,216 862,165 583,771 Water Level Reading: 43.87 meters
Jul-13 23,147 837,949 562,235 Water Level Reading: 44.21 meters
Jul-12 15,331 814,802 545,491 Water Level Reading: 44.30 meters
Jul-11 9,552 799,471 539,671 Water Level Reading: 44.61 meters
Jul-10 5,358 789,919 537,168 Water Level Reading: 45.03 meters
Jul-09 7,074 784,561 530,876 Water Level Reading: 45.27 meters
Jul-08 8,136 777,487 519,772 Water Level Reading: 45.19 meters
Jul-07 9,159 769,351 505,987 Water Level Reading: 45.04 meters
Jul-06 13,868 760,192 492,625 Water Level Reading: 44.77 meters
Jul-05 10,104 746,324 478,423 Water Level Reading: 44.64 meters
Jul-04 4,830 736,220 462,499 Water Level Reading: 45.31 meters
Jul-03 3,630 731,390 443,874 Water Level Reading: 45.34 meters
Jul-02 6,769 727,760 425,934 Water Level Reading: 44.96 meters
Jul-01 11,335 720,991 404,499 Water Level Reading: 44.51 meters
Jun-30 12,828 709,656 381,549 Water Level Reading: 44.16 meters
Jun-29 13,206 696,828 358,893 Water Level Reading: 44.02 meters
Jun-28 11,525 683,622 337,761 Water Level Reading: 43.94 meters
Jun-27 14,732 672,097 320,145 Water Level Reading: 43.78 meters
Jun-26 15,575 657,365 305,446 Water Level Reading: 43.60 meters
Jun-25 11,432 641,790 291,095 Water Level Reading: 43.40 meters
Jun-24 9,089 630,358 278,936 Water Level Reading: 43.17 meters
Jun-23 13,329 621,269 266,741 Water Level Reading: 42.98 meters
Jun-22 14,468 607,940 258,246 Water Level Reading: 42.77 meters
Jun-21 13,440 593,472 250,506 Water Level Reading: 42.57 meters
Jun-20 17,137 580,032 245,430 Water Level Reading: 42.40 meters
Jun-19 16,644 562,895 243,384 Water Level Reading: 42.45 meters
Jun-18 13,590 546,251 240,282 Water Level Reading: 42.51 meters
Jun-17 11,120 532,661 231,804 Water Level Reading: 42.52 meters
Jun-16 19,401 521,541 221,557 Water Level Reading: 42.53 meters
Jun-15 17,247 502,140 209,287 Water Level Reading: 42.42 meters
Jun-14 10,621 484,893 197,293 Water Level Reading: 42.23 meters
Jun-13 17,550 474,272 187,063 Water Level Reading: 42.14 meters
Jun-12 23,567 456,722 178,693 Water Level Reading: 42.12 meters
Jun-11 14,625 433,155 167,772 Water Level Reading: 42.02 meters
Jun-10 9,096 418,530 154,866 Water Level Reading: 41.62 meters
Jun-09 15,348 409,434 141,636 Water Level Reading: 41.88 meters
Jun-08 20,982 394,086 129,861 Water Level Reading: 41.86 meters
Jun-07 14,916 373,104 117,850 Water Level Reading: 41.77 meters
Jun-06 27,072 358,188 106,366 Water Level Reading: 41.67 meters
Jun-05 39,432 331,116 95,515 Water Level Reading: 41.58 meters
Jun-04 31,320 291,684 81,768 Water Level Reading: 41.55 meters
Jun-03 20,130 260,364 67,306 Water Level Reading: 41.60 meters
Jun-02 18,798 240,234 55,840 Water Level Reading: 41.62 meters
Jun-01 18,972 221,436 45,884 Water Level Reading: 41.61 meters
May-31 16,140 202,464 39,122 Water Level Reading: 41.66 meters
May-30 22,903 186,324 31,916 Water Level Reading: 41.80 meters
May-29 22,566 163,421 23,732 Water Level Reading: 41.72 meters
May-28 14,987 140,855 17,342 Water Level Reading: 41.35 meters
May-27 9,799 125,868 12,566 Water Level Reading: 40.75 meters
May-26 11,286 116,069 8,955 Water Level Reading: 40.30 meters
May-25 17,754 104,783 5,865 Water Level Reading: 40.26 meters
May-24 14,681 87,029 3,950 Water Level Reading: 40.16 meters
May-23 12,876 72,348 2,520 Water Level Reading: 39.95 meters
May-22 18,246 59,472 1,619 Water Level Reading: 39.78 meters
May-21 15,133 41,226 1,031 Water Level Reading: 39.66 meters
May-20 8,202 26,093 499 Water Level Reading: 39.54 meters
May-19 5,172 17,891 185 Water Level Reading: 39.49 meters
May-18 5,185 12,719 27 Water Level Reading: 39.44 meters
May-17 4,270 7,534 0 Water Level Reading: 39.37 meters
May-16 2,178 3,264 0 Water Level Reading: 39.30 meters
May-15 714 1,086 0 Water Level Reading: 39.29 meters
May-14 240 372 0 Water Level Reading: 39.35 meters
May-13 54 132 0 NB:24 hr, SB: 4hr
May-12 66 78 0 NB: 11 hr, SB: 7 hr
May-11 12 12 0 NB: 4 hr
May-10 0 0 0 NB deployed 5/8, 7 hr 0 fish, 5/9: 3hr 0 fish 5/10: not deployed due to ice
May-08 0 0 0 7 hours