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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:

  • 2018
  • 2017
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

80 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2018
Count
2018
Cumulative
2018
Cumulative
2017
Notes for
2018
Jul-28 1,974 701,577 723,426 Water Level Reading: 43.88 meters
Jul-27 2,293 699,603 720,330 Water Level Reading: 43.75 meters
Jul-26 2,700 697,310 717,558 Water Level Reading: 43.56 meters
Jul-25 3,132 694,610 714,216 Water Level Reading: 43.40 meters
Jul-24 4,363 691,478 710,502 Water Level Reading: 43.24 meters
Jul-23 5,406 687,115 706,710 Water Level Reading: 43.06 meters
Jul-22 7,249 681,709 700,014 Water Level Reading: 42.72 meters
Jul-21 10,211 674,460 693,828 Water Level Reading: 42.58 meters
Jul-20 10,500 664,249 688,080 Water Level Reading: 42.59 meters
Jul-19 11,700 653,749 682,254 Water Level Reading: 42.43 meters
Jul-18 13,530 642,049 676,362 Water Level Reading: 42.36 meters
Jul-17 13,826 628,519 670,854 Water Level Reading: 42.46 meters
Jul-16 16,160 614,693 665,793 Water Level Reading: 42.70 meters
Jul-15 14,762 598,533 660,177 Water Level Reading: 42.78 meters
Jul-14 21,536 583,771 653,493 Water Level Reading: 42.84 meters
Jul-13 16,744 562,235 644,172 Water Level Reading: 43.33 meters
Jul-12 5,820 545,491 635,886 Water Level Reading: 43.91 meters
Jul-11 2,503 539,671 628,614 Water Level Reading: 44.35 meters
Jul-10 6,292 537,168 623,520 Water Level Reading: 44.20 meters
Jul-09 11,104 530,876 618,246 Water Level Reading: 44.10 meters
Jul-08 13,785 519,772 612,636 Water Level Reading: 44.34 meters
Jul-07 13,362 505,987 603,990 Water Level Reading: 44.33 meters
Jul-06 14,202 492,625 590,286 Water Level Reading: 44.06 meters
Jul-05 15,924 478,423 577,248 Water Level Reading: 43.84 meters
Jul-04 18,625 462,499 566,442 Water Level Reading: 43.50 meters
Jul-03 17,940 443,874 556,488 Water Level Reading: 43.16 meters
Jul-02 21,435 425,934 545,822 Water Level Reading: 42.96 meters
Jul-01 22,950 404,499 536,887 Water Level Reading: 42.76 meters
Jun-30 22,656 381,549 529,915 Water Level Reading: 42.76 meters
Jun-29 21,132 358,893 522,283 Water Level Reading: 42.88 meters
Jun-28 17,616 337,761 514,219 Water Level Reading: 43.12 meters
Jun-27 14,699 320,145 507,043 Water Level Reading: 43.22 meters
Jun-26 14,351 305,446 500,017 Water Level Reading: 43.38 meters
Jun-25 12,159 291,095 493,909 Water Level Reading: 43.55 meters
Jun-24 12,195 278,936 485,229 Water Level Reading: 43.93 meters
Jun-23 8,495 266,741 475,611 Water Level Reading: 44.21 meters
Jun-22 7,740 258,246 466,389 Water Level Reading: 44.35 meters
Jun-21 5,076 250,506 456,752 Water Level Reading: 44.45 meters
Jun-20 2,046 245,430 442,496 Water Level Reading: 43.90 meters
Jun-19 3,102 243,384 427,580 Water Level Reading: 43.34 meters
Jun-18 8,478 240,282 413,375 Water Level Reading: 42.51 meters
Jun-17 10,247 231,804 398,417 Water Level Reading: 42.01 meters
Jun-16 12,270 221,557 384,185 Water Level Reading: 41.80 meters
Jun-15 11,994 209,287 374,750 Water Level Reading: 41.83 meters
Jun-14 10,230 197,293 363,084 Water Level Reading: 41.91 meters
Jun-13 8,370 187,063 351,360 Water Level Reading: 42.00 meters
Jun-12 10,921 178,693 341,400 Water Level Reading: 41.80 meters
Jun-11 12,906 167,772 331,674 Water Level Reading: 41.29 meters
Jun-10 13,230 154,866 320,484 Water Level Reading: 41.10 meters
Jun-09 11,775 141,636 307,326 Water Level Reading: 40.93 meters
Jun-08 12,011 129,861 294,792 Water Level Reading: 40.84 meters
Jun-07 11,484 117,850 276,444 Water Level Reading: 40.58 meters
Jun-06 10,851 106,366 261,216 Water Level Reading: 40.46 meters
Jun-05 13,747 95,515 248,250 Water Level Reading: 40.24 meters
Jun-04 14,462 81,768 235,263 Water Level Reading: 40.06 meters
Jun-03 11,466 67,306 217,755 Water Level Reading: 39.90 meters
Jun-02 9,956 55,840 198,339 Water Level Reading: 39.76 meters
Jun-01 6,762 45,884 182,518 Water Level Reading: 39.73 meters
May-31 7,206 39,122 166,114 Water Level Reading: 39.70 meters
May-30 8,184 31,916 151,240 Water Level Reading: 39.63 meters
May-29 6,390 23,732 138,731 Water Level Reading: 39.60 meters
May-28 4,776 17,342 124,175 Water Level Reading: 39.61 meters
May-27 3,611 12,566 102,599 Water Level Reading: 39.62 meters
May-26 3,090 8,955 74,299 Water Level Reading: 39.68 meters
May-25 1,915 5,865 36,091 Water Level Reading: 39.69 meters
May-24 1,430 3,950 17,924 Water Level Reading: 39.67 meters
May-23 901 2,520 11,520 Water Level Reading: 39.57 meters
May-22 588 1,619 8,808 Water Level Reading: 39.58 meters
May-21 532 1,031 7,224 Water Level Reading: 39.47 meters
May-20 314 499 5,584 Water Level Reading: 39.28 meters
May-19 158 185 3,460 Water Level Reading: 39.09 meters
May-18 27 27 1,253 Water Level Reading: 39.05 meters
May-17 0 0 113 Water Level Reading: 39.07 meters
May-16 0 0 35 Water Level Reading: 39.18 meters
May-15 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.25 meters
May-14 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.19 meters
May-13 0 0 0 9 hours
May-12 0 0 0 0 hours
May-11 0 0 0 7 hours
May-10 0 0 0 North bank sonar deployed- 7 hours