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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:

  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 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

81 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2021
Count
2021
Cumulative
2021
Cumulative
2020
Cumulative
2019
Cumulative
2018
Cumulative
2017
Notes for
2021
Jul-28 7,122 751,262 530,313 1,039,354 701,577 723,426 Water Level Reading: 42.77 meters
Jul-27 5,684 744,140 528,593 1,031,344 699,603 720,330 Water Level Reading: 42.74 meters
Jul-26 6,321 738,456 527,588 1,027,297 697,310 717,558 Water Level Reading: 42.83 meters
Jul-25 4,884 732,135 526,992 1,023,499 694,610 714,216 Water Level Reading: 42.87 meters
Jul-24 6,092 727,251 526,223 1,016,161 691,478 710,502 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jul-23 4,876 721,159 524,936 1,009,254 687,115 706,710 Water Level Reading: 43.18 meters
Jul-22 3,386 716,283 523,608 1,000,932 681,709 700,014  
Jul-21 4,330 712,897 521,678 990,528 674,460 693,828 Water Level Reading: 43.38 meters
Jul-20 5,881 708,567 519,790 979,368 664,249 688,080 Water Level Reading: 43.10 meters
Jul-19 6,656 702,686 516,199 965,604 653,749 682,254 Water Level Reading: 42.81 meters
Jul-18 9,119 696,030 512,302 947,765 642,049 676,362 Water Level Reading: 42.54 meters
Jul-17 12,047 686,911 506,631 925,235 628,519 670,854 Water Level Reading: 42.34 meters
Jul-16 11,175 674,864 500,936 901,783 614,693 665,793 Water Level Reading: 42.00 meters
Jul-15 15,692 663,689 493,706 884,791 598,533 660,177 Water Level Reading: 42.00 meters
Jul-14 13,230 647,997 484,971 862,165 583,771 653,493 Water Level Reading: 41.74 meters
Jul-13 10,994 634,767 479,833 837,949 562,235 644,172 Water Level Reading: 41.76 meters
Jul-12 11,369 623,773 474,422 814,802 545,491 635,886 Water Level Reading: 41.92 meters
Jul-11 9,983 612,404 466,815 799,471 539,671 628,614 Water Level Reading: 42.28 meters
Jul-10 10,725 602,421 459,759 789,919 537,168 623,520 Water Level Reading: 43.06 meters
Jul-09 7,877 591,696 453,078 784,561 530,876 618,246 Water Level Reading: 43.67 meters
Jul-08 8,252 583,819 447,251 777,487 519,772 612,636 Water Level Reading: 43.46 meters
Jul-07 12,578 575,567 441,931 769,351 505,987 603,990 Water Level Reading: 43.25 meters
Jul-06 12,610 562,989 435,665 760,192 492,625 590,286 Water Level Reading: 43.21 meters
Jul-05 13,922 550,379 428,438 746,324 478,423 577,248 Water Level Reading: 43.36 meters
Jul-04 13,933 536,457 422,174 736,220 462,499 566,442 Water Level Reading: 43.52 meters
Jul-03 16,097 522,524 413,526 731,390 443,874 556,488 Water Level Reading: 43.65 meters
Jul-02 14,930 506,427 404,918 727,760 425,934 545,822 Water Level Reading: 43.72 meters
Jul-01 13,590 491,497 396,455 720,991 404,499 536,887 Water Level Reading: 43.78 meters
Jun-30 9,422 477,907 387,106 709,656 381,549 529,915 Water Level Reading: 43.86 meters
Jun-29 9,310 468,485 378,058 696,828 358,893 522,283 Water Level Reading: 43.85 meters
Jun-28 5,707 459,175 366,730 683,622 337,761 514,219 Water Level Reading: 43.79 meters
Jun-27 4,981 453,468 355,687 672,097 320,145 507,043 Water Level Reading: 43.64 meters
Jun-26 5,902 448,487 346,371 657,365 305,446 500,017 Water Level Reading: 43.26 meters
Jun-25 8,666 442,585 339,948 641,790 291,095 493,909 Water Level Reading: 42.84 meters
Jun-24 8,881 433,919 333,561 630,358 278,936 485,229 Water Level Reading: 42.64 meters
Jun-23 9,827 425,038 326,903 621,269 266,741 475,611 Water Level Reading: 42.64 meters
Jun-22 8,154 415,211 319,554 607,940 258,246 466,389 Water Level Reading: 42.66 meters
Jun-21 6,801 407,057 311,590 593,472 250,506 456,752 Water Level Reading: 42.65 meters
Jun-20 9,546 400,256 302,887 580,032 245,430 442,496 Water Level Reading: 42.61 meters
Jun-19 12,254 390,710 294,034 562,895 243,384 427,580 Water Level Reading: 42.53 meters
Jun-18 11,822 378,456 284,514 546,251 240,282 413,375 Water Level Reading: 42.54 meters
Jun-17 10,896 366,634 273,341 532,661 231,804 398,417 Water Level Reading: 42.49 meters
Jun-16 15,877 355,738 260,157 521,541 221,557 384,185 Water Level Reading: 42.27 meters
Jun-15 18,205 339,861 245,645 502,140 209,287 374,750 Water Level Reading: 42.01 meters
Jun-14 18,249 321,656 230,419 484,893 197,293 363,084 Water Level Reading: 41.82 meters
Jun-13 13,683 303,407 215,709 474,272 187,063 351,360 Water Level Reading: 41.63 meters
Jun-12 10,675 289,724 203,133 456,722 178,693 341,400 Water Level Reading: 41.50 meters
Jun-11 15,144 279,049 192,408 433,155 167,772 331,674 Water Level Reading: 41.46 meters
Jun-10 18,456 263,905 183,902 418,530 154,866 320,484 Water Level Reading: 41.45 meters
Jun-09 24,460 245,449 175,469 409,434 141,636 307,326 Water Level Reading: 41.38 meters
Jun-08 33,721 220,989 166,158 394,086 129,861 294,792 Water Level Reading: 41.30 meters
Jun-07 31,421 187,268 156,337 373,104 117,850 276,444  
Jun-06 21,200 155,847 145,257 358,188 106,366 261,216 Water Level Reading: 41.08 meters
Jun-05 20,688 134,647 133,836 331,116 95,515 248,250 Water Level Reading: 41.08 meters
Jun-04 21,019 113,959 121,150 291,684 81,768 235,263 Water Level Reading: 41.14 meters
Jun-03 15,848 92,940 105,454 260,364 67,306 217,755 Water Level Reading: 41.13 meters
Jun-02 13,507 77,092 92,710 240,234 55,840 198,339 Water Level Reading: 40.95 meters
Jun-01 9,407 63,585 79,482 221,436 45,884 182,518 Water Level Reading: 40.61 meters
May-31 7,146 54,178 65,729 202,464 39,122 166,114 Water Level Reading: 40.48 meters
May-30 8,368 47,032 54,585 186,324 31,916 151,240 Water Level Reading: 40.45 meters
May-29 7,873 38,664 45,697 163,421 23,732 138,731 Water Level Reading: 40.29 meters
May-28 8,287 30,791 39,057 140,855 17,342 124,175 Water Level Reading: 40.09 meters
May-27 8,078 22,504 33,416 125,868 12,566 102,599 Water Level Reading: 39.97 meters
May-26 8,134 14,426 26,991 116,069 8,955 74,299 Water Level Reading: 39.85 meters
May-25 1,504 6,292 19,804 104,783 5,865 36,091 Water Level Reading: 39.69 meters
May-24 1,502 4,788 13,688 87,029 3,950 17,924 Water Level Reading: 39.61 meters
May-23 969 3,286 9,688 72,348 2,520 11,520 Water Level Reading: 39.61 meters
May-22 800 2,317 7,057 59,472 1,619 8,808 Water Level Reading: 39.62 meters
May-21 818 1,517 4,918 41,226 1,031 7,224 Water Level Reading: 39.58 meters
May-20 334 699 2,386 26,093 499 5,584 Water Level Reading: 39.58 meters
May-19 138 365 763 17,891 185 3,460 Water Level Reading: 39.51 meters
May-18 114 227 0 12,719 27 1,253 Water Level Reading: 39.48 meters
May-17 77 113 0 7,534 0 113 North Bank only- 15 hours deployed
May-16 36 36 0 3,264 0 35 North bank only- 12 hours deployed
May-15 0 0 0 1,086 0 0 North bank only- 12 hours deployed
May-14 0 0 0 372 0 0 North bank only- 2 hours deployed
May-13 0 0 0 132 0 0 North bank only- 6 hours deployed
May-12 0 0 0 78 0 0 N bank only- 2 hours deployed
May-11 - - 0 12 0 0  
May-10 - - 0 0 0 0  
May-08 - - 0 0 0 0