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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

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  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
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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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2025
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2025
Jul-28 5,935 895,308 947,983 991,740 785,509 751,262 Water Level Reading: 42.72 meters
Jul-27 5,078 889,373 945,367 986,202 781,565 744,140 Water Level Reading: 42.67 meters
Jul-26 4,619 884,295 943,172 982,582 774,692 738,456 Water Level Reading: 42.92 meters
Jul-25 4,408 879,676 938,776 977,122 769,355 732,135 Water Level Reading: 43.17 meters
Jul-24 3,668 875,268 933,934 971,175 763,561 727,251 Water Level Reading: 43.31 meters
Jul-23 4,653 871,600 929,345 961,770 759,950 721,159 Water Level Reading: 43.10 meters
Jul-22 4,815 866,947 922,806 949,887 756,619 716,283 Water Level Reading: 42.71 meters
Jul-21 6,754 862,132 914,204 938,648 754,093 712,897 Water Level Reading: 42.64 meters
Jul-20 6,964 855,378 900,983 927,763 751,992 708,567 Water Level Reading: 42.53 meters
Jul-19 8,635 848,414 884,509 913,885 750,386 702,686 Water Level Reading: 42.61 meters
Jul-18 10,158 839,779 861,780 898,717 749,442 696,030 Water Level Reading: 42.48 meters
Jul-17 13,878 829,621 845,942 885,261 748,000 686,911 Water Level Reading: 42.27 meters
Jul-16 13,146 815,743 835,253 867,323 744,669 674,864 Water Level Reading: 42.20 meters
Jul-15 14,163 802,597 825,454 852,813 738,774 663,689 Water Level Reading: 42.12 meters
Jul-14 15,431 788,434 812,072 835,363 733,255 647,997 Water Level Reading: 42.08 meters
Jul-13 15,269 773,003 797,825 819,463 727,457 634,767 Water Level Reading: 42.11 meters
Jul-12 14,377 757,734 781,124 796,063 722,813 623,773 Water Level Reading: 42.20 meters
Jul-11 14,053 743,357 762,521 775,444 719,666 612,404 Water Level Reading: 42.19 meters
Jul-10 17,108 729,304 741,424 754,943 712,464 602,421 Water Level Reading: 42.46 meters
Jul-09 12,083 712,196 722,211 730,942 703,240 591,696 Water Level Reading: 42.55 meters
Jul-08 11,750 700,113 702,486 710,213 697,066 583,819 Water Level Reading: 42.62 meters
Jul-07 12,788 688,363 677,443 686,703 690,397 575,567 Water Level Reading: 42.65 meters
Jul-06 19,619 675,575 651,962 649,050 682,007 562,989 Water Level Reading: 42.66 meters
Jul-05 20,971 655,956 630,434 622,947 673,804 550,379 Water Level Reading: 42.45 meters
Jul-04 15,689 634,985 604,697 601,564 662,919 536,457 Water Level Reading: 42.42 meters
Jul-03 19,467 619,296 574,764 586,861 653,398 522,524 Water Level Reading: 42.48 meters
Jul-02 16,220 599,829 559,862 571,375 643,669 506,427 Water Level Reading: 42.43 meters
Jul-01 10,620 583,609 549,406 556,715 632,194 491,497 Water Level Reading: 42.36 meters
Jun-30 11,482 572,989 539,400 539,566 623,046 477,907 Water Level Reading: 42.19 meters
Jun-29 11,787 561,507 528,199 519,637 613,033 468,485 Water Level Reading: 42.33 meters
Jun-28 10,700 549,720 517,058 492,093 602,123 459,175 Water Level Reading: 42.31 meters
Jun-27 9,508 539,020 504,659 462,591 592,809 453,468 Water Level Reading: 42.47 meters
Jun-26 11,536 529,512 493,768 442,237 583,310 448,487 Water Level Reading: 42.82 meters
Jun-25 10,938 517,976 486,541 423,210 571,083 442,585 Water Level Reading: 43.09 meters
Jun-24 8,261 507,038 482,617 397,925 555,819 433,919 Water Level Reading: 43.25 meters
Jun-23 10,212 498,777 477,379 380,021 541,351 425,038 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jun-22 12,005 488,565 471,052 357,998 517,539 415,211 Water Level Reading: 42.98 meters
Jun-21 12,576 476,560 466,024 333,717 482,368 407,057 Water Level Reading: 42.86 meters
Jun-20 9,620 463,984 459,297 305,123 448,990 400,256 Water Level Reading: 42.40 meters
Jun-19 11,624 454,364 450,571 284,059 427,154 390,710 Water Level Reading: 42.10 meters
Jun-18 10,887 442,740 439,049 269,018 412,039 378,456 Water Level Reading: 41.77 meters
Jun-17 14,936 431,853 423,780 253,591 399,493 366,634 Water Level Reading: 41.39 meters
Jun-16 16,489 416,917 404,742 237,818 389,299 355,738 Water Level Reading: 41.06 meters
Jun-15 21,314 400,428 387,121 226,819 375,790 339,861 Water Level Reading: 40.83 meters
Jun-14 27,016 379,114 375,654 216,375 360,811 321,656 Water Level Reading: 40.54 meters
Jun-13 40,005 352,098 361,942 204,237 348,521 303,407 Water Level Reading: 40.44 meters
Jun-12 29,464 312,093 343,405 194,690 336,359 289,724 Water Level Reading: 41.11 meters
Jun-11 25,667 282,629 323,961 186,635 320,265 279,049 Water Level Reading: 41.27 meters
Jun-10 24,588 256,962 294,273 178,470 302,105 263,905 Water Level Reading: 40.40 meters
Jun-09 18,601 232,374 249,092 168,708 280,042 245,449 Water Level Reading: 40.13 meters
Jun-08 15,526 213,773 187,619 156,751 250,746 220,989 Water Level Reading: 39.98 meters
Jun-07 18,017 198,247 140,212 144,443 225,243 187,268 Water Level Reading: 39.72 meters
Jun-06 17,944 180,230 109,534 122,268 204,329 155,847 Water Level Reading: 39.70 meters
Jun-05 13,142 162,286 89,588 102,540 183,631 134,647 Water Level Reading: 39.65 meters
Jun-04 11,440 149,144 76,637 86,981 153,035 113,959 Water Level Reading: 39.54 meters
Jun-03 11,040 137,704 63,442 72,053 114,094 92,940 Water Level Reading: 39.47 meters
Jun-02 13,612 126,664 53,470 54,757 80,754 77,092 Water Level Reading: 39.50 meters
Jun-01 11,968 113,052 44,198 37,690 54,919 63,585 Water Level Reading: 39.53 meters
May-31 9,514 101,084 34,537 27,287 37,118 54,178 Water Level Reading: 39.60 meters
May-30 8,425 91,570 27,648 19,164 23,960 47,032 Water Level Reading: 39.69 meters
May-29 7,867 83,145 22,558 11,663 15,611 38,664 Water Level Reading: 39.77 meters
May-28 11,284 75,278 17,043 7,082 10,697 30,791 Water Level Reading: 39.79 meters
May-27 15,595 63,994 11,843 4,029 7,123 22,504 Water Level Reading: 39.79 meters
May-26 12,827 48,399 6,503 2,102 4,188 14,426 Water Level Reading: 39.71 meters
May-25 11,196 35,572 4,370 626 2,394 6,292 Water Level Reading: 39.64 meters
May-24 7,966 24,376 2,808 0 931 4,788 Water Level Reading: 39.62 meters
May-23 6,619 16,410 1,348 0 688 3,286 Water Level Reading: 39.70 meters
May-22 5,143 9,791 356 0 429 2,317 Water Level Reading: 39.68 meters
May-21 2,224 4,648 170 0 284 1,517 Water Level Reading: 39.59 meters
May-20 931 2,424 87 0 176 699 Water Level Reading: 39.46 meters
May-19 738 1,493 0 0 92 365 Water Level Reading: 39.38 meters
May-18 223 755 0 0 48 227 Water Level Reading: 39.25 meters
May-17 255 532 0 0 0 113 Water Level Reading: 39.15 meters
May-16 133 277 0 0 0 36 Water Level Reading: 39.11 meters
May-15 108 144 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.08 meters
May-14 0 36 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.05 meters
May-13 36 36 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.00 meters
May-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.00 meters