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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:

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
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
2023
Count
2023
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
Notes for
2023
Jul-28 5,538 991,740 785,509 751,262 530,313 1,039,354 Water Level Reading: 44.12 meters
Jul-27 3,620 986,202 781,565 744,140 528,593 1,031,344 Water Level Reading: 44.15 meters
Jul-26 5,460 982,582 774,692 738,456 527,588 1,027,297 Water Level Reading: 44.10 meters
Jul-25 5,947 977,122 769,355 732,135 526,992 1,023,499 Water Level Reading: 43.92 meters
Jul-24 9,405 971,175 763,561 727,251 526,223 1,016,161 Water Level Reading: 43.77 meters
Jul-23 11,883 961,770 759,950 721,159 524,936 1,009,254 Water Level Reading: 43.59 meters
Jul-22 11,239 949,887 756,619 716,283 523,608 1,000,932 Water Level Reading: 43.54 meters
Jul-21 10,885 938,648 754,093 712,897 521,678 990,528 Water Level Reading: 43.55 meters
Jul-20 13,878 927,763 751,992 708,567 519,790 979,368 Water Level Reading: 43.48 meters
Jul-19 15,168 913,885 750,386 702,686 516,199 965,604 Water Level Reading: 43.24 meters
Jul-18 13,456 898,717 749,442 696,030 512,302 947,765 Water Level Reading: 43.13 meters
Jul-17 17,938 885,261 748,000 686,911 506,631 925,235 Water Level Reading: 43.12 meters
Jul-16 14,510 867,323 744,669 674,864 500,936 901,783 Water Level Reading: 43.19 meters
Jul-15 17,450 852,813 738,774 663,689 493,706 884,791 Water Level Reading: 43.33 meters
Jul-14 15,900 835,363 733,255 647,997 484,971 862,165 Water Level Reading: 43.47 meters
Jul-13 23,400 819,463 727,457 634,767 479,833 837,949 Water Level Reading: 43.61 meters
Jul-12 20,619 796,063 722,813 623,773 474,422 814,802 Water Level Reading: 44.17 meters
Jul-11 20,501 775,444 719,666 612,404 466,815 799,471 Water Level Reading: 44.21 meters
Jul-10 24,001 754,943 712,464 602,421 459,759 789,919 Water Level Reading: 43.79 meters
Jul-09 20,729 730,942 703,240 591,696 453,078 784,561 Water Level Reading: 44.06 meters
Jul-08 23,510 710,213 697,066 583,819 447,251 777,487 Water Level Reading: 43.53 meters
Jul-07 37,653 686,703 690,397 575,567 441,931 769,351 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jul-06 26,103 649,050 682,007 562,989 435,665 760,192 Water Level Reading: 43.11 meters
Jul-05 21,383 622,947 673,804 550,379 428,438 746,324 Water Level Reading: 43.12 meters
Jul-04 14,703 601,564 662,919 536,457 422,174 736,220 Water Level Reading: 42.97 meters
Jul-03 15,486 586,861 653,398 522,524 413,526 731,390 Water Level Reading: 42.89 meters
Jul-02 14,660 571,375 643,669 506,427 404,918 727,760 Water Level Reading: 43.12 meters
Jul-01 17,149 556,715 632,194 491,497 396,455 720,991 Water Level Reading: 43.37 meters
Jun-30 19,929 539,566 623,046 477,907 387,106 709,656 Water Level Reading: 43.48 meters
Jun-29 27,544 519,637 613,033 468,485 378,058 696,828 Water Level Reading: 43.48 meters
Jun-28 29,502 492,093 602,123 459,175 366,730 683,622 Water Level Reading: 43.62 meters
Jun-27 20,354 462,591 592,809 453,468 355,687 672,097 Water Level Reading: 43.92 meters
Jun-26 19,027 442,237 583,310 448,487 346,371 657,365 Water Level Reading: 44.10 meters
Jun-25 25,285 423,210 571,083 442,585 339,948 641,790 Water Level Reading: 43.90 meters
Jun-24 17,904 397,925 555,819 433,919 333,561 630,358 Water Level Reading: 43.70 meters
Jun-23 22,023 380,021 541,351 425,038 326,903 621,269 Water Level Reading: 43.24 meters
Jun-22 24,281 357,998 517,539 415,211 319,554 607,940 Water Level Reading: 42.71 meters
Jun-21 28,594 333,717 482,368 407,057 311,590 593,472 Water Level Reading: 42.30 meters
Jun-20 21,064 305,123 448,990 400,256 302,887 580,032 Water Level Reading: 41.86 meters
Jun-19 15,041 284,059 427,154 390,710 294,034 562,895 Water Level Reading: 41.38 meters
Jun-18 15,427 269,018 412,039 378,456 284,514 546,251 Water Level Reading: 41.15 meters
Jun-17 15,773 253,591 399,493 366,634 273,341 532,661 Water Level Reading: 41.16 meters
Jun-16 10,999 237,818 389,299 355,738 260,157 521,541 Water Level Reading: 41.24 meters
Jun-15 10,444 226,819 375,790 339,861 245,645 502,140 Water Level Reading: 41.43 meters
Jun-14 12,138 216,375 360,811 321,656 230,419 484,893 Water Level Reading: 41.66 meters
Jun-13 9,547 204,237 348,521 303,407 215,709 474,272 Water Level Reading: 41.91 meters
Jun-12 8,055 194,690 336,359 289,724 203,133 456,722 Water Level Reading: 42.02 meters
Jun-11 8,165 186,635 320,265 279,049 192,408 433,155 Water Level Reading: 41.96 meters
Jun-10 9,762 178,470 302,105 263,905 183,902 418,530 Water Level Reading: 41.80 meters
Jun-09 11,957 168,708 280,042 245,449 175,469 409,434 Water Level Reading: 41.46 meters
Jun-08 12,308 156,751 250,746 220,989 166,158 394,086 Water Level Reading: 41.17 meters
Jun-07 22,175 144,443 225,243 187,268 156,337 373,104 Water Level Reading: 40.97 meters
Jun-06 19,728 122,268 204,329 155,847 145,257 358,188 Water Level Reading: 40.80 meters
Jun-05 15,559 102,540 183,631 134,647 133,836 331,116 Water Level Reading: 40.73 meters
Jun-04 14,928 86,981 153,035 113,959 121,150 291,684 Water Level Reading: 40.77 meters
Jun-03 17,296 72,053 114,094 92,940 105,454 260,364 Water Level Reading: 40.76 meters
Jun-02 17,067 54,757 80,754 77,092 92,710 240,234 Water Level Reading: 40.66 meters
Jun-01 10,403 37,690 54,919 63,585 79,482 221,436 Water Level Reading: 40.55 meters
May-31 8,123 27,287 37,118 54,178 65,729 202,464 Water Level Reading: 40.61 meters
May-30 7,501 19,164 23,960 47,032 54,585 186,324 Water Level Reading: 40.77 meters
May-29 4,581 11,663 15,611 38,664 45,697 163,421 Water Level Reading: 40.89 meters
May-28 3,053 7,082 10,697 30,791 39,057 140,855 Water Level Reading: 41.00 meters
May-27 1,927 4,029 7,123 22,504 33,416 125,868 Water Level Reading: 41.05 meters
May-26 1,476 2,102 4,188 14,426 26,991 116,069 Water Level Reading: 41.05 meters
May-25 626 626 2,394 6,292 19,804 104,783 North bank sonar only, 7 hours recorded
May-24 0 0 931 4,788 13,688 87,029 North bank sonar only, 7 hours recorded
May-23 0 0 688 3,286 9,688 72,348 North bank sonar only, 1 hour recorded
May-22 0 0 429 2,317 7,057 59,472 North bank sonar only, 3 hours recorded
May-21 - - 284 1,517 4,918 41,226  
May-20 - - 176 699 2,386 26,093  
May-19 - - 92 365 763 17,891  
May-18 - - 48 227 0 12,719  
May-17 - - 0 113 0 7,534  
May-16 - - 0 36 0 3,264  
May-15 - - 0 0 0 1,086  
May-14 - - 0 0 0 372  
May-13 - - 0 0 0 132  
May-12 - - 0 0 0 78  
May-11 - - 0 0 0 12  
May-10 - - 0 0 0 0  
May-08 - - 0 0 0 0