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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:

  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
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

82 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2019
Count
2019
Cumulative
2019
Cumulative
2018
Cumulative
2017
Cumulative
2016
Notes for
2019
Jul-28 8,010 1,039,354 701,577 723,426 801,593 Water Level Reading: 43.05 meters
Jul-27 4,047 1,031,344 699,603 720,330 798,446 Water Level Reading: 43.70 meters
Jul-26 3,798 1,027,297 697,310 717,558 796,903 Water Level Reading: 43.70 meters
Jul-25 7,338 1,023,499 694,610 714,216 794,338 Water Level Reading: 43.75 meters
Jul-24 6,907 1,016,161 691,478 710,502 792,476 Water Level Reading: 43.82 meters
Jul-23 8,322 1,009,254 687,115 706,710 789,173 Water Level Reading: 43.87 meters
Jul-22 10,404 1,000,932 681,709 700,014 787,281 Water Level Reading: 43.78 meters
Jul-21 11,160 990,528 674,460 693,828 784,789 Water Level Reading: 43.62 meters
Jul-20 13,764 979,368 664,249 688,080 780,169 Water Level Reading: 43.43 meters
Jul-19 17,839 965,604 653,749 682,254 777,227 Water Level Reading: 43.29 meters
Jul-18 22,530 947,765 642,049 676,362 772,535 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jul-17 23,452 925,235 628,519 670,854 765,956 Water Level Reading: 43.34 meters
Jul-16 16,992 901,783 614,693 665,793 760,509 Water Level Reading: 43.34 meters
Jul-15 22,626 884,791 598,533 660,177 754,579 Water Level Reading: 43.57 meters
Jul-14 24,216 862,165 583,771 653,493 745,921 Water Level Reading: 43.87 meters
Jul-13 23,147 837,949 562,235 644,172 735,877 Water Level Reading: 44.21 meters
Jul-12 15,331 814,802 545,491 635,886 727,855 Water Level Reading: 44.30 meters
Jul-11 9,552 799,471 539,671 628,614 721,912 Water Level Reading: 44.61 meters
Jul-10 5,358 789,919 537,168 623,520 714,984 Water Level Reading: 45.03 meters
Jul-09 7,074 784,561 530,876 618,246 704,996 Water Level Reading: 45.27 meters
Jul-08 8,136 777,487 519,772 612,636 695,184 Water Level Reading: 45.19 meters
Jul-07 9,159 769,351 505,987 603,990 685,313 Water Level Reading: 45.04 meters
Jul-06 13,868 760,192 492,625 590,286 673,017 Water Level Reading: 44.77 meters
Jul-05 10,104 746,324 478,423 577,248 662,008 Water Level Reading: 44.64 meters
Jul-04 4,830 736,220 462,499 566,442 652,651 Water Level Reading: 45.31 meters
Jul-03 3,630 731,390 443,874 556,488 642,413 Water Level Reading: 45.34 meters
Jul-02 6,769 727,760 425,934 545,822 627,728 Water Level Reading: 44.96 meters
Jul-01 11,335 720,991 404,499 536,887 616,321 Water Level Reading: 44.51 meters
Jun-30 12,828 709,656 381,549 529,915 602,569 Water Level Reading: 44.16 meters
Jun-29 13,206 696,828 358,893 522,283 583,731 Water Level Reading: 44.02 meters
Jun-28 11,525 683,622 337,761 514,219 570,024 Water Level Reading: 43.94 meters
Jun-27 14,732 672,097 320,145 507,043 560,467 Water Level Reading: 43.78 meters
Jun-26 15,575 657,365 305,446 500,017 550,076 Water Level Reading: 43.60 meters
Jun-25 11,432 641,790 291,095 493,909 537,426 Water Level Reading: 43.40 meters
Jun-24 9,089 630,358 278,936 485,229 522,898 Water Level Reading: 43.17 meters
Jun-23 13,329 621,269 266,741 475,611 506,301 Water Level Reading: 42.98 meters
Jun-22 14,468 607,940 258,246 466,389 490,024 Water Level Reading: 42.77 meters
Jun-21 13,440 593,472 250,506 456,752 478,109 Water Level Reading: 42.57 meters
Jun-20 17,137 580,032 245,430 442,496 472,087 Water Level Reading: 42.40 meters
Jun-19 16,644 562,895 243,384 427,580 465,806 Water Level Reading: 42.45 meters
Jun-18 13,590 546,251 240,282 413,375 452,681 Water Level Reading: 42.51 meters
Jun-17 11,120 532,661 231,804 398,417 439,643 Water Level Reading: 42.52 meters
Jun-16 19,401 521,541 221,557 384,185 426,475 Water Level Reading: 42.53 meters
Jun-15 17,247 502,140 209,287 374,750 411,641 Water Level Reading: 42.42 meters
Jun-14 10,621 484,893 197,293 363,084 389,528 Water Level Reading: 42.23 meters
Jun-13 17,550 474,272 187,063 351,360 370,167 Water Level Reading: 42.14 meters
Jun-12 23,567 456,722 178,693 341,400 358,017 Water Level Reading: 42.12 meters
Jun-11 14,625 433,155 167,772 331,674 344,539 Water Level Reading: 42.02 meters
Jun-10 9,096 418,530 154,866 320,484 323,124 Water Level Reading: 41.62 meters
Jun-09 15,348 409,434 141,636 307,326 307,748 Water Level Reading: 41.88 meters
Jun-08 20,982 394,086 129,861 294,792 292,668 Water Level Reading: 41.86 meters
Jun-07 14,916 373,104 117,850 276,444 269,440 Water Level Reading: 41.77 meters
Jun-06 27,072 358,188 106,366 261,216 252,032 Water Level Reading: 41.67 meters
Jun-05 39,432 331,116 95,515 248,250 242,578 Water Level Reading: 41.58 meters
Jun-04 31,320 291,684 81,768 235,263 231,228 Water Level Reading: 41.55 meters
Jun-03 20,130 260,364 67,306 217,755 213,282 Water Level Reading: 41.60 meters
Jun-02 18,798 240,234 55,840 198,339 206,285 Water Level Reading: 41.62 meters
Jun-01 18,972 221,436 45,884 182,518 196,927 Water Level Reading: 41.61 meters
May-31 16,140 202,464 39,122 166,114 181,663 Water Level Reading: 41.66 meters
May-30 22,903 186,324 31,916 151,240 170,278 Water Level Reading: 41.80 meters
May-29 22,566 163,421 23,732 138,731 157,526 Water Level Reading: 41.72 meters
May-28 14,987 140,855 17,342 124,175 145,968 Water Level Reading: 41.35 meters
May-27 9,799 125,868 12,566 102,599 134,330 Water Level Reading: 40.75 meters
May-26 11,286 116,069 8,955 74,299 125,741 Water Level Reading: 40.30 meters
May-25 17,754 104,783 5,865 36,091 111,852 Water Level Reading: 40.26 meters
May-24 14,681 87,029 3,950 17,924 89,052 Water Level Reading: 40.16 meters
May-23 12,876 72,348 2,520 11,520 73,788 Water Level Reading: 39.95 meters
May-22 18,246 59,472 1,619 8,808 65,880 Water Level Reading: 39.78 meters
May-21 15,133 41,226 1,031 7,224 56,016 Water Level Reading: 39.66 meters
May-20 8,202 26,093 499 5,584 41,404 Water Level Reading: 39.54 meters
May-19 5,172 17,891 185 3,460 26,485 Water Level Reading: 39.49 meters
May-18 5,185 12,719 27 1,253 17,794 Water Level Reading: 39.44 meters
May-17 4,270 7,534 0 113 13,083 Water Level Reading: 39.37 meters
May-16 2,178 3,264 0 35 9,131 Water Level Reading: 39.30 meters
May-15 714 1,086 0 0 6,093 Water Level Reading: 39.29 meters
May-14 240 372 0 0 3,800 Water Level Reading: 39.35 meters
May-13 54 132 0 0 2,248 NB:24 hr, SB: 4hr
May-12 66 78 0 0 1,161 NB: 11 hr, SB: 7 hr
May-11 12 12 0 0 561 NB: 4 hr
May-10 0 0 0 0 291 NB deployed 5/8, 7 hr 0 fish, 5/9: 3hr 0 fish 5/10: not deployed due to ice
May-09 - - 0 0 93  
May-08 0 0 0 0 10 7 hours