Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Upper Cook Inlet Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• UPPER COOK INLET 2025 OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL DRIFT GILLNET SALMON FISHING (PDF 2,665 kB) - 4/10/25
• UPPER COOK INLET 2025 OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL SET GILLNET SALMON FISHING (PDF 787 kB) - 4/10/25
• UPPER COOK INLET SUBSISTENCE FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 1 (PDF 152 kB) - 3/3/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 3 (PDF 150 kB) - 3/3/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 1 (PDF 177 kB) - 2/13/25
• UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 2 (PDF 177 kB) - 2/13/25
• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 317 kB) - 1/27/25

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Inseason Information

• Inseason Harvest Summary

Harvest

• 2024 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Season Summary (PDF 1,797 kB)
• Statewide Salmon Harvest
• Kasilof River Sockeye Salmon Daily Run Timing Chart (PDF 234 kB)
• Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Daily Run Timing Chart (PDF 244 kB)
• Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Harvest by Species, 1956-2011 (PDF 245 kB)

Management

• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet 2025 Outlook for Set Gillnet Salmon (PDF 787 kB)
• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet 2025 Outlook for Drift Gillnet Salmon (PDF 2,665 kB)

Escapement Goal Recommendations

• Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Escapement Goal Memorandum, 3/26/2019 (PDF 917 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• 2023 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 3,612 kB)
• 2022 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 4,064 kB)
• 2021 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 7,866 kB)
• 2020 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 3,700 kB)
• 2019 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 4,383 kB)
• 2018 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 8,591 kB)
• 2017 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 3,949 kB)
• 2016 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 5,496 kB)
• 2015 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 6,283 kB)
• 2014 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 4,265 kB)
• 2013 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 5,326 kB)
• 2012 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 2,673 kB)
• 2011 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 7,979 kB)
• 2010 Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fisheries Annual Management Report (PDF 16,246 kB)

Historical

• The History of Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Fisheries

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Regulations

• 2024–2027 Cook Inlet Area Commercial Salmon Fishing Regulations (PDF 764 kB)

Registration Forms

• NEW! Commercial Permit Registration, Buoy Sticker and Tags — log into your ADF&G Account
  • Permit Registration, Buoy Tags and Stickers Application User Guide (PDF 3,152 kB)
• 2024 Northern District Area Registration (PDF 178 kB)
• 2024 Greater Cook Inlet Area Registration (PDF 21 kB)

Fish Ticket Reporting

• 2024 UCI Processor Letter (PDF 3,173 kB)

Forecasts

• 2025 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 317 kB)
• 2024 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 393 kB)
• 2023 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 229 kB)
• 2022 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 251 kB)
• 2021 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 536 kB)
• Statewide Salmon Forecast

Maps

Upper Cook Inlet Area District Maps

• Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Subdistricts (PDF 979 kB)
• Northern District Statistical Areas (PDF 540 kB)
• Central District Set Gillnet Statistical Areas (PDF 921 kB)
• Central District Drfit Gillnet Statistical Areas (PDF 1,150 kB)
• Central District Drfit Gillnet Areas 1_4 (PDF 1,058 kB)

Statewide Maps

• Salmon Management Activities

Fish Counts

• Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Escapements
• Fish Count Database
• Off Shore Test Fishery / Research

Research

Publications

• Migratory timing and abundance estimates of sockeye salmon into Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2017 (PDF 1,996 kB)
• Migratory Timing and Abundance Estimates for Sockeye Salmon in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2016 (PDF 2,217 kB)
• Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Escapement Studies, 2015 (PDF 2,361 kB)
• Evaluation of Methods Used to Apportion Sonar Counts to Species at the Rm19 Kenai River Sonar Site, 2016 (PDF 616 kB)

Offshore Test Fish Project

The Offshore Test Fish Project will not occur in 2024.

Offshore Test Fish Project North and South Transect Maps (PDF 554 kB)