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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:

  • 2021
  • 2020
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

78 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2021
Count
2021
Cumulative
2021
Cumulative
2020
Notes for
2021
Jul-28 7,122 751,262 530,313 Water Level Reading: 42.77 meters
Jul-27 5,684 744,140 528,593 Water Level Reading: 42.74 meters
Jul-26 6,321 738,456 527,588 Water Level Reading: 42.83 meters
Jul-25 4,884 732,135 526,992 Water Level Reading: 42.87 meters
Jul-24 6,092 727,251 526,223 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jul-23 4,876 721,159 524,936 Water Level Reading: 43.18 meters
Jul-22 3,386 716,283 523,608  
Jul-21 4,330 712,897 521,678 Water Level Reading: 43.38 meters
Jul-20 5,881 708,567 519,790 Water Level Reading: 43.10 meters
Jul-19 6,656 702,686 516,199 Water Level Reading: 42.81 meters
Jul-18 9,119 696,030 512,302 Water Level Reading: 42.54 meters
Jul-17 12,047 686,911 506,631 Water Level Reading: 42.34 meters
Jul-16 11,175 674,864 500,936 Water Level Reading: 42.00 meters
Jul-15 15,692 663,689 493,706 Water Level Reading: 42.00 meters
Jul-14 13,230 647,997 484,971 Water Level Reading: 41.74 meters
Jul-13 10,994 634,767 479,833 Water Level Reading: 41.76 meters
Jul-12 11,369 623,773 474,422 Water Level Reading: 41.92 meters
Jul-11 9,983 612,404 466,815 Water Level Reading: 42.28 meters
Jul-10 10,725 602,421 459,759 Water Level Reading: 43.06 meters
Jul-09 7,877 591,696 453,078 Water Level Reading: 43.67 meters
Jul-08 8,252 583,819 447,251 Water Level Reading: 43.46 meters
Jul-07 12,578 575,567 441,931 Water Level Reading: 43.25 meters
Jul-06 12,610 562,989 435,665 Water Level Reading: 43.21 meters
Jul-05 13,922 550,379 428,438 Water Level Reading: 43.36 meters
Jul-04 13,933 536,457 422,174 Water Level Reading: 43.52 meters
Jul-03 16,097 522,524 413,526 Water Level Reading: 43.65 meters
Jul-02 14,930 506,427 404,918 Water Level Reading: 43.72 meters
Jul-01 13,590 491,497 396,455 Water Level Reading: 43.78 meters
Jun-30 9,422 477,907 387,106 Water Level Reading: 43.86 meters
Jun-29 9,310 468,485 378,058 Water Level Reading: 43.85 meters
Jun-28 5,707 459,175 366,730 Water Level Reading: 43.79 meters
Jun-27 4,981 453,468 355,687 Water Level Reading: 43.64 meters
Jun-26 5,902 448,487 346,371 Water Level Reading: 43.26 meters
Jun-25 8,666 442,585 339,948 Water Level Reading: 42.84 meters
Jun-24 8,881 433,919 333,561 Water Level Reading: 42.64 meters
Jun-23 9,827 425,038 326,903 Water Level Reading: 42.64 meters
Jun-22 8,154 415,211 319,554 Water Level Reading: 42.66 meters
Jun-21 6,801 407,057 311,590 Water Level Reading: 42.65 meters
Jun-20 9,546 400,256 302,887 Water Level Reading: 42.61 meters
Jun-19 12,254 390,710 294,034 Water Level Reading: 42.53 meters
Jun-18 11,822 378,456 284,514 Water Level Reading: 42.54 meters
Jun-17 10,896 366,634 273,341 Water Level Reading: 42.49 meters
Jun-16 15,877 355,738 260,157 Water Level Reading: 42.27 meters
Jun-15 18,205 339,861 245,645 Water Level Reading: 42.01 meters
Jun-14 18,249 321,656 230,419 Water Level Reading: 41.82 meters
Jun-13 13,683 303,407 215,709 Water Level Reading: 41.63 meters
Jun-12 10,675 289,724 203,133 Water Level Reading: 41.50 meters
Jun-11 15,144 279,049 192,408 Water Level Reading: 41.46 meters
Jun-10 18,456 263,905 183,902 Water Level Reading: 41.45 meters
Jun-09 24,460 245,449 175,469 Water Level Reading: 41.38 meters
Jun-08 33,721 220,989 166,158 Water Level Reading: 41.30 meters
Jun-07 31,421 187,268 156,337  
Jun-06 21,200 155,847 145,257 Water Level Reading: 41.08 meters
Jun-05 20,688 134,647 133,836 Water Level Reading: 41.08 meters
Jun-04 21,019 113,959 121,150 Water Level Reading: 41.14 meters
Jun-03 15,848 92,940 105,454 Water Level Reading: 41.13 meters
Jun-02 13,507 77,092 92,710 Water Level Reading: 40.95 meters
Jun-01 9,407 63,585 79,482 Water Level Reading: 40.61 meters
May-31 7,146 54,178 65,729 Water Level Reading: 40.48 meters
May-30 8,368 47,032 54,585 Water Level Reading: 40.45 meters
May-29 7,873 38,664 45,697 Water Level Reading: 40.29 meters
May-28 8,287 30,791 39,057 Water Level Reading: 40.09 meters
May-27 8,078 22,504 33,416 Water Level Reading: 39.97 meters
May-26 8,134 14,426 26,991 Water Level Reading: 39.85 meters
May-25 1,504 6,292 19,804 Water Level Reading: 39.69 meters
May-24 1,502 4,788 13,688 Water Level Reading: 39.61 meters
May-23 969 3,286 9,688 Water Level Reading: 39.61 meters
May-22 800 2,317 7,057 Water Level Reading: 39.62 meters
May-21 818 1,517 4,918 Water Level Reading: 39.58 meters
May-20 334 699 2,386 Water Level Reading: 39.58 meters
May-19 138 365 763 Water Level Reading: 39.51 meters
May-18 114 227 0 Water Level Reading: 39.48 meters
May-17 77 113 0 North Bank only- 15 hours deployed
May-16 36 36 0 North bank only- 12 hours deployed
May-15 0 0 0 North bank only- 12 hours deployed
May-14 0 0 0 North bank only- 2 hours deployed
May-13 0 0 0 North bank only- 6 hours deployed
May-12 0 0 0 N bank only- 2 hours deployed