
Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Prince William Sound & Copper River Management Area
Recorded Announcements: Gillnet 907-424-7535, Seine 907-424-7345, (907) 235-7307
Fishery Advisory Announcements
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #20 (PDF 269 kB) - 7/6/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #18 (PDF 269 kB) - 7/2/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #17 (PDF 224 kB) - 6/30/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #16 (PDF 268 kB) - 6/29/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #15 (PDF 268 kB) - 6/24/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #14 (PDF 266 kB) - 6/22/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #13 (PDF 204 kB) - 6/18/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #12 (PDF 295 kB) - 6/16/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #11 (PDF 323 kB) - 6/15/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #10 (PDF 324 kB) - 6/11/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #9 (PDF 320 kB) - 6/8/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #8 (PDF 208 kB) - 6/5/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #7 (PDF 325 kB) - 6/4/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #6 (PDF 325 kB) - 6/1/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #5 (PDF 324 kB) - 5/28/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #4 (PDF 315 kB) - 5/24/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #3 (PDF 304 kB) - 5/20/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #2 (PDF 316 kB) - 5/18/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery Announcement #1 (PDF 353 kB) - 5/4/22
- 2022 PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SALMON FISHERY INFORMATION (PDF 285 kB) - 4/18/22
- 2022 Copper River Chinook Salmon Forecast (PDF 180 kB) - 3/18/22
- 2022 Prince William Sound and Copper River Salmon Forecast (PDF 273 kB) - 2/4/22
- Prince William Sound Salmon Fishery–2022 Allocation Plan (5 AAC 24.370) (PDF 234 kB) - 1/27/22
Harvest
Inseason Information
- Prince William Sound Inseason Harvest Summary
- Prince William Sound Inseason Harvest by District and Period
- Copper River Inseason Harvest Summary
Season Summaries
- 2021 Season Summary (PDF 427 kB)
- 2020 Season Summary (PDF 402 kB)
- 2019 Season Summary (PDF 272 kB)
- 2018 Season Summary (PDF 205 kB)
- 2017 Season Summary (PDF 206 kB)
- Statewide Salmon Harvest
Management & Announcements
Management
- 2022 Prince William Sound Management Outlook (PDF 285 kB)
- 2022 Prince William Sound Salmon Allocation Plan (PDF 234 kB)
Annual Management Reports
- 2020 Prince William Sound Area Finfish Management Report (PDF 4,496 kB)
- 2019 Prince William Sound Area Finfish Management Report (PDF 4,287 kB)
- 2018 Prince William Sound Area Finfish Management Report (PDF 4,990 kB)
- 2017 Prince William Sound Area Finfish Management Report (PDF 4,157 kB)
- 2016 Prince William Sound Area Finfish Management Report (PDF 3,843 kB)
- 2015 Prince William Sound Area Finfish Management Report (PDF 3,981 kB)
Regulations
Forecasts
- 2022 Prince William Sound and Copper River Salmon Forecast (PDF 273 kB)
- 2021 Prince William Sound and Copper River Salmon Forecast (PDF 614 kB)
- 2020 Prince William Sound and Copper River Salmon Forecast (PDF 441 kB)
- 2019 Prince William Sound and Copper River Salmon Forecast (PDF 302 kB)
- 2018 Prince William Sound and Copper River Salmon Forecast (PDF 294 kB)
- Statewide Salmon Forecast
Maps
Prince William Sound Salmon Statistical Area Maps
- Prince William Sound Statistical Chart (PDF 2,419 kB)
- 212-200 Copper Bering Districts Reporting Areas (PDF 419 kB)
- 221 Eastern District Reporting Areas (PDF 584 kB)
- 222 Northern District Reporting Areas (PDF 770 kB)
- 223 Coghill District Reporting Areas (PDF 554 kB)
- 224 Northwestern District Reporting Areas (PDF 482 kB)
- 225 Eshamy District Reporting Areas (PDF 463 kB)
- 226 Southwestern District Reporting Areas (PDF 766 kB)
- 227 Montague District Reporting Areas (PDF 416 kB)
- 228 Southeastern District Reporting Areas (PDF 394 kB)
- 229 Unakwik District Reporting Areas (PDF 261 kB)
Prince William Sound Stream Information
- Prince William Sound Salmon Harvest Task Force Closures (PDF 148 kB)
- Prince William Sound Anadromous Stream List (PDF 691 kB)
Prince William Sound Area Maps
- 2018 Prince William Sound Subsistence Areas (PDF 739 kB)
Statewide Maps
Research
Electronic Aerial Survey Data Collection (poster) (PDF 636 kB)
ADF&G Research vessels are used for exciting scientific work. Find out more about recent work these vessels have done with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in these two articles.