CORRECTED Weekly Alaska Salmon Harvest Update #2 Harvest Through Statistical Week 25

(Thousand Fish)
Sockeye Pink Keta Coho Chinook

YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD YTD
YoY YoY YoY YoY YoY
2019 2020 2018 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020
AYK 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
Kodiak 53 38 -28% 3 2 -33% 43 39 -9% 0 0 - 0 0 -
Chignik 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
AK Pen. & Aleutian Is. 493 195 -60% 253 1,249 394% 287 319 11% 0 226 - 3 2 -33%
Bristol Bay 947 72 -92% 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
Cook Inlet 107 62 -42% 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 -
Prince William Sound 930 270 -71% 0 0 - 1,347 418 -69% 0 0 - 16 4 -75%
Southeast 0 0 - 0 0 - 4 2 -50% 0 0 - 12 9 -25%
Statewide 2,530 637 -75% 256 1,251 389% 1,681 778 -54% 0 226 - 31 16 -48%
2020 YTD through 6/20/20; 2019 YTD through 6/19/19. Data is subject to revision. Some YoY comparisons have been excluded.
Source: Alaska Department of Fish & Game.

Salmon harvests throughout Alaska are generally below expectation, with YTD statewide landings the
smallest in at least 12 years. Although some areas have been late to open or are much lower than
2020 Harvest v. Projection
historical averages, recovery from early-season weakness can happen quickly as key fisheries come
online. For example, a single strong week in Bristol Bay can produce multiples of the entire statewide May (Thousand Fish)
and June harvest.
Harvest Projection % Realized
Sockeye landings of about 640,000 fish are 75% lower than the same time in 2019 when more than 2.5 Sockeye 637 48,100 1%
million fish had been harvested. All regions are slow against prior years with PWS down sharply. Pink 1,251 60,600 2%
Keta 778 19,400 4%
Keta production is also weaker from last year with the current harvest about half of 2019. PWS is the Coho 226 4,200 5%
main keta-producing region right now, in addition to Kodiak which is only 9% behind last year. The AK Chinook 16 320 5%
Pen. & Aleutian Islands region is up 11% from last year. Total 2,908 132,620 2%

Due to strong landings in AK Pen. & Aleutian Islands, pink harvest is well above the same period in 2018.

Chinook landings are 48% lower YTD, due to slow PWS harvest. In most years, slowing PWS Chinook catch
is offset by stronger Southeast and Bristol Bay harvest in the June/July timeframe.

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Salmon Harvest by Statistical Week, 2020
(Thousands of Fish per Week)

All Species Last Year*

Sockeye
30,000 Five Year Avg.
'000 of Fish/Week

20,000
24,000 Current Year
16,000
18,000 Current 12,000
Week
12,000 8,000
6,000 4,000
0 0
20 24 28 32 36 40 20 24 28 32 36 40
Statistical Week

Pink Keta
20,000 3,000

16,000 2,500
2,000
12,000
1,500
8,000
1,000
4,000 500
0 0
20 24 28 32 36 40 20 24 28 32 36 40

Coho Chinook
700 100
600
80
500
400 60
300 40
200
20
100
0 0
20 24 28 32 36 40 20 24 28 32 36 40

*Last year uses 2018 pink salmon instead of 2019 (most recent even-year). Statistical Week 18-22 23-26 27-31 32-35 36-40
Source: Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Approximate Mth. May June July August September