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Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Alaska Sport Fishing Survey

Thorne River and Lake Estimates

(B) Prince of Wales Island sport fish harvest estimates for Thorne River and Lake, 2014–2023.

SALMON SPECIES 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Sea-run Chinook salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sea-run Coho salmon 2,423 1,177 1,111 603 964 960 276 1,552 1,011 1,266
Landlocked Coho/Chinook salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sockeye salmon 0 0 113 0 284 0 72 26 277 0
Kokanee salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pink salmon 1,795 547 1,797 889 1,903 1,293 438 595 1,085 216
Chum salmon 0 0 34 0 148 0 11 33 263 0
Salmon Total 4,218 1,724 3,055 1,492 3,299 2,253 797 2,206 2,636 1,482
OTHER SPECIES 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Steelhead trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rainbow trout 0 85 0 23 17 0 0 57 23 0
Cutthroat trout 126 135 50 0 267 68 0 74 17 0
Brook trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dolly Varden/Arctic Char 130 317 82 398 607 0 703 245 114 29
Arctic grayling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern pike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burbot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheefish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smelt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific halibut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rockfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingcod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sablefish/black cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other fish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Species Total 256 537 132 421 891 68 703 376 154 29
Grand Total 4,474 2,261 3,187 1,913 4,190 2,321 1,500 2,582 2,790 1,511