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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:

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
Daily Counts
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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

78 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2025
Count
2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
Notes for
2025
Jul-28 - 561,633 947,983 991,740 785,509 751,262  
Jul-27 - 561,633 945,367 986,202 781,565 744,140  
Jul-26 - 561,633 943,172 982,582 774,692 738,456  
Jul-25 - 561,633 938,776 977,122 769,355 732,135  
Jul-24 - 561,633 933,934 971,175 763,561 727,251  
Jul-23 - 561,633 929,345 961,770 759,950 721,159  
Jul-22 - 561,633 922,806 949,887 756,619 716,283  
Jul-21 - 561,633 914,204 938,648 754,093 712,897  
Jul-20 - 561,633 900,983 927,763 751,992 708,567  
Jul-19 - 561,633 884,509 913,885 750,386 702,686  
Jul-18 - 561,633 861,780 898,717 749,442 696,030  
Jul-17 - 561,633 845,942 885,261 748,000 686,911  
Jul-16 - 561,633 835,253 867,323 744,669 674,864  
Jul-15 - 561,633 825,454 852,813 738,774 663,689  
Jul-14 - 561,633 812,072 835,363 733,255 647,997  
Jul-13 - 561,633 797,825 819,463 727,457 634,767  
Jul-12 - 561,633 781,124 796,063 722,813 623,773  
Jul-11 - 561,633 762,521 775,444 719,666 612,404  
Jul-10 - 561,633 741,424 754,943 712,464 602,421  
Jul-09 - 561,633 722,211 730,942 703,240 591,696  
Jul-08 - 561,633 702,486 710,213 697,066 583,819  
Jul-07 - 561,633 677,443 686,703 690,397 575,567  
Jul-06 - 561,633 651,962 649,050 682,007 562,989  
Jul-05 - 561,633 630,434 622,947 673,804 550,379  
Jul-04 - 561,633 604,697 601,564 662,919 536,457  
Jul-03 - 561,633 574,764 586,861 653,398 522,524  
Jul-02 - 561,633 559,862 571,375 643,669 506,427  
Jul-01 - 561,633 549,406 556,715 632,194 491,497  
Jun-30 - 561,633 539,400 539,566 623,046 477,907  
Jun-29 11,793 561,633 528,199 519,637 613,033 468,485 Water Level Reading: 42.31 meters
Jun-28 10,700 549,840 517,058 492,093 602,123 459,175 Water Level Reading: 42.31 meters
Jun-27 9,502 539,140 504,659 462,591 592,809 453,468 Water Level Reading: 42.47 meters
Jun-26 11,299 529,638 493,768 442,237 583,310 448,487 Water Level Reading: 42.82 meters
Jun-25 10,938 518,339 486,541 423,210 571,083 442,585 Water Level Reading: 43.09 meters
Jun-24 8,261 507,401 482,617 397,925 555,819 433,919 Water Level Reading: 43.25 meters
Jun-23 10,224 499,140 477,379 380,021 541,351 425,038 Water Level Reading: 43.14 meters
Jun-22 12,018 488,916 471,052 357,998 517,539 415,211 Water Level Reading: 42.98 meters
Jun-21 12,595 476,898 466,024 333,717 482,368 407,057 Water Level Reading: 42.86 meters
Jun-20 9,523 464,303 459,297 305,123 448,990 400,256 Water Level Reading: 42.40 meters
Jun-19 11,636 454,780 450,571 284,059 427,154 390,710 Water Level Reading: 42.10 meters
Jun-18 10,827 443,144 439,049 269,018 412,039 378,456 Water Level Reading: 41.77 meters
Jun-17 14,930 432,317 423,780 253,591 399,493 366,634 Water Level Reading: 41.39 meters
Jun-16 16,483 417,387 404,742 237,818 389,299 355,738 Water Level Reading: 41.06 meters
Jun-15 21,326 400,904 387,121 226,819 375,790 339,861 Water Level Reading: 40.83 meters
Jun-14 27,010 379,578 375,654 216,375 360,811 321,656 Water Level Reading: 40.54 meters
Jun-13 40,005 352,568 361,942 204,237 348,521 303,407 Water Level Reading: 40.44 meters
Jun-12 29,646 312,563 343,405 194,690 336,359 289,724 Water Level Reading: 41.11 meters
Jun-11 25,660 282,917 323,961 186,635 320,265 279,049 Water Level Reading: 41.27 meters
Jun-10 24,576 257,257 294,273 178,470 302,105 263,905 Water Level Reading: 40.40 meters
Jun-09 18,613 232,681 249,092 168,708 280,042 245,449 Water Level Reading: 40.13 meters
Jun-08 16,152 214,068 187,619 156,751 250,746 220,989 Water Level Reading: 39.98 meters
Jun-07 18,011 197,916 140,212 144,443 225,243 187,268 Water Level Reading: 39.72 meters
Jun-06 17,926 179,905 109,534 122,268 204,329 155,847 Water Level Reading: 39.70 meters
Jun-05 13,124 161,979 89,588 102,540 183,631 134,647 Water Level Reading: 39.65 meters
Jun-04 11,416 148,855 76,637 86,981 153,035 113,959 Water Level Reading: 39.54 meters
Jun-03 11,046 137,439 63,442 72,053 114,094 92,940 Water Level Reading: 39.47 meters
Jun-02 13,618 126,393 53,470 54,757 80,754 77,092 Water Level Reading: 39.50 meters
Jun-01 11,968 112,775 44,198 37,690 54,919 63,585 Water Level Reading: 39.53 meters
May-31 9,520 100,807 34,537 27,287 37,118 54,178 Water Level Reading: 39.60 meters
May-30 8,425 91,287 27,648 19,164 23,960 47,032 Water Level Reading: 39.69 meters
May-29 7,705 82,862 22,558 11,663 15,611 38,664 Water Level Reading: 39.77 meters
May-28 11,314 75,157 17,043 7,082 10,697 30,791 Water Level Reading: 39.79 meters
May-27 15,613 63,843 11,843 4,029 7,123 22,504 Water Level Reading: 39.79 meters
May-26 12,795 48,230 6,503 2,102 4,188 14,426 Water Level Reading: 39.71 meters
May-25 11,244 35,435 4,370 626 2,394 6,292 Water Level Reading: 39.64 meters
May-24 7,911 24,191 2,808 0 931 4,788 Water Level Reading: 39.62 meters
May-23 6,529 16,280 1,348 0 688 3,286 Water Level Reading: 39.70 meters
May-22 5,089 9,751 356 0 429 2,317 Water Level Reading: 39.68 meters
May-21 2,238 4,662 170 0 284 1,517 Water Level Reading: 39.59 meters
May-20 931 2,424 87 0 176 699 Water Level Reading: 39.46 meters
May-19 738 1,493 0 0 92 365 Water Level Reading: 39.38 meters
May-18 223 755 0 0 48 227 Water Level Reading: 39.25 meters
May-17 255 532 0 0 0 113 Water Level Reading: 39.15 meters
May-16 133 277 0 0 0 36 Water Level Reading: 39.11 meters
May-15 108 144 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.08 meters
May-14 0 36 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.05 meters
May-13 36 36 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.00 meters
May-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water Level Reading: 39.00 meters