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Alaska Sport Fishing Survey

Boat - Whale Passage Estimates
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Sport fish harvest estimates for Boat - Whale Passage are reported only for study years where twelve or more responses were received.

(B) Prince of Wales Island sport fish harvest estimates for Boat – Whale Passage, 2016–2025.

SALMON SPECIES 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Sea-run Chinook salmon 171 75 143 19 8 115 28 36
Sea-run Coho salmon 1,067 2,195 2,284 3,405 460 2,599 348 415
Landlocked Coho/Chinook salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sockeye salmon 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 186
Kokanee salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pink salmon 228 1,912 545 329 411 1,518 1,764 450
Chum salmon 27 124 10 18 0 103 96 596
Salmon Total 1,493 4,306 2,982 3,786 879 4,335 2,236 1,683
OTHER SPECIES 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Steelhead trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rainbow trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cutthroat trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brook trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake trout 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dolly Varden/Arctic Char 12 0 49 0 0 0 0 0
Arctic grayling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern pike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burbot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheefish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smelt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific halibut 1,377 555 1,087 761 477 993 321 1,945
Rockfish 423 162 880 193 776 0 118 531
Lingcod 50 53 81 40 31 116 48 34
Pacific cod 291 12 264 265 155 328 0 429
Sablefish/black cod 103 41 202 599 82 382 172 72
Shark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other fish 67 0 0 0 72 18 318 0
Other Species Total 2,323 823 2,563 1,858 1,593 1,837 977 3,011
Grand Total 3,816 5,129 5,545 5,644 2,472 6,172 3,213 4,694