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WRSHA Openings
July 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 28 - July 13, 2026
In the Nushagak District, yesterday's harvest was 224,000 sockeye for a season total of 8.5 million (74.6% drift, 25.4% set). Set gillnet fishing in the Wood River Special Harvest Area closes at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, then reopens 5:00 a.m. July 14 to 1:00 a.m. July 15, and again 5:00 a.m. July 15 to 1:00 a.m. July 16.
Bristol Bay
In the Nushagak District, yesterday's harvest was 224,000 sockeye for a season total of 8.5 million (74.6% drift, 25.4% set). Set gillnet fishing in the Wood River Special Harvest Area closes at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, then reopens 5:00 a.m. July 14 to 1:00 a.m. July 15, and again 5:00 a.m. July 15 to 1:00 a.m. July 16.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #36
July 13, 2026 at 08:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #36 - July 13, 2026
Naknek-Kvichak opens to drift gillnet for 18 hours from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday July 14; set gillnet is extended until further notice. Egegik opens to drift gillnet for 20 hours from 10:30 p.m. Monday July 13 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday July 14, with set gillnet extended through the same time. Ugashik opens to both drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday July 14 to 1:00 a.m. Wednesday July 15. Escapement totals through July 12 are 850,000 Naknek, 1 million Alagnak, and 2.7 million Kvichak; Egegik 1.8 million; Ugashik 1.4 million; July 12 harvest was 628,000 Naknek-Kvichak, 288,000 Egegik, and 209,000 Ugashik, with season totals of 5 million, 7.9 million, and 4.8 million respectively.
Bristol Bay
Naknek-Kvichak opens to drift gillnet for 18 hours from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday July 14; set gillnet is extended until further notice. Egegik opens to drift gillnet for 20 hours from 10:30 p.m. Monday July 13 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday July 14, with set gillnet extended through the same time. Ugashik opens to both drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday July 14 to 1:00 a.m. Wednesday July 15. Escapement totals through July 12 are 850,000 Naknek, 1 million Alagnak, and 2.7 million Kvichak; Egegik 1.8 million; Ugashik 1.4 million; July 12 harvest was 628,000 Naknek-Kvichak, 288,000 Egegik, and 209,000 Ugashik, with season totals of 5 million, 7.9 million, and 4.8 million respectively.
Bristol Bay
Togiak ANnouncement
July 12, 2026 at 08:11 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 27 - July 12, 2026
Kulukak Section opens to drift and set gillnets from 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 15 until 9:00 a.m. Saturday, July 18. Togiak Bay, Matogak, Osviak, and Cape Peirce Sections follow the regular weekly schedule, opening at 9:00 a.m. Monday, July 13.
Bristol Bay
Kulukak Section opens to drift and set gillnets from 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 15 until 9:00 a.m. Saturday, July 18. Togiak Bay, Matogak, Osviak, and Cape Peirce Sections follow the regular weekly schedule, opening at 9:00 a.m. Monday, July 13.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #35
July 12, 2026 at 08:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #35 - July 12, 2026
In the Naknek-Kvichak District, drift gillnet opens 11:00 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 8:00 a.m. Monday July 13 (9 hours) and again 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday July 13 (6 hours); set gillnet is extended until further notice. In the Egegik District, drift gillnet opens 9:45 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 5:45 a.m. Monday July 13 and again 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday July 13 (8 hours each); set gillnet opens 9:45 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 5:45 p.m. Monday July 13 (20 hours). In the Ugashik District, drift and set gillnet open 8:00 a.m. Monday July 13 to midnight Tuesday July 14 (16 hours). July 11 harvests were 773,000 fish (Naknek-Kvichak, season total 4.3 million), 279,000 fish (Egegik, season total 7.6 million), and 92,000 fish (Ugashik, season total 4.6 million).
Bristol Bay
In the Naknek-Kvichak District, drift gillnet opens 11:00 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 8:00 a.m. Monday July 13 (9 hours) and again 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday July 13 (6 hours); set gillnet is extended until further notice. In the Egegik District, drift gillnet opens 9:45 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 5:45 a.m. Monday July 13 and again 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday July 13 (8 hours each); set gillnet opens 9:45 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 5:45 p.m. Monday July 13 (20 hours). In the Ugashik District, drift and set gillnet open 8:00 a.m. Monday July 13 to midnight Tuesday July 14 (16 hours). July 11 harvests were 773,000 fish (Naknek-Kvichak, season total 4.3 million), 279,000 fish (Egegik, season total 7.6 million), and 92,000 fish (Ugashik, season total 4.6 million).
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 19
July 12, 2026 at 06:04 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #19 - July 12, 2026
The Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District gets a 72-hour extension running 9:00 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15. A separate 57-hour opening runs noon Monday July 13 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15 in the Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District; the Northwest, Northeast, Eastside, and Afognak Districts; and the Mainland District — each with specific sub-sections remaining closed as noted above. The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District closed at 9:00 p.m. July 12. Purse seine gear may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater anywhere in the Kodiak Area until further notice.
Kodiak
The Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District gets a 72-hour extension running 9:00 p.m. Sunday July 12 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15. A separate 57-hour opening runs noon Monday July 13 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 15 in the Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District; the Northwest, Northeast, Eastside, and Afognak Districts; and the Mainland District — each with specific sub-sections remaining closed as noted above. The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District closed at 9:00 p.m. July 12. Purse seine gear may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater anywhere in the Kodiak Area until further notice.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #32, July 11, 2025, Final Update of 2026
July 12, 2026 at 06:16 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #32 - July 11, 2026
This is Update 32, dated July 11, 2026, and is the final update of the 2026 Port Moller Test Fishery season. The Daily Catch Index on July 11 was 18, with station-level indices of S4 at 75, S6 at 71, S8 at 35, S10 at 0, while S2 and S12-14 were not fished; rough weather the prior night and morning limited operations. This is a notable decline from July 7, which had been among the stronger recent days with a Daily Catch Index of 154, and indices have been trending sharply downward since then, running 60 on July 8, 36 on July 9, 26 on July 10, and now 18 on July 11. The season-to-date mean station indices are S2: 8, S4: 41, S6: 83, S8: 94, S10: 97, with total season catch split 3,670 fish (54%) in the 4.5-inch mesh net and 3,080 fish (46%) in the 5.125-inch mesh net, and mean fish lengths of 510 mm and 528 mm respectively. The 12th and final stock composition estimate covering July 8-9 was released July 10, but no percentage breakdown was included in this update's text. No further test-fishery data or stock composition estimates will be issued for the 2026 season.
Bristol Bay
This is Update 32, dated July 11, 2026, and is the final update of the 2026 Port Moller Test Fishery season. The Daily Catch Index on July 11 was 18, with station-level indices of S4 at 75, S6 at 71, S8 at 35, S10 at 0, while S2 and S12-14 were not fished; rough weather the prior night and morning limited operations. This is a notable decline from July 7, which had been among the stronger recent days with a Daily Catch Index of 154, and indices have been trending sharply downward since then, running 60 on July 8, 36 on July 9, 26 on July 10, and now 18 on July 11. The season-to-date mean station indices are S2: 8, S4: 41, S6: 83, S8: 94, S10: 97, with total season catch split 3,670 fish (54%) in the 4.5-inch mesh net and 3,080 fish (46%) in the 5.125-inch mesh net, and mean fish lengths of 510 mm and 528 mm respectively. The 12th and final stock composition estimate covering July 8-9 was released July 10, but no percentage breakdown was included in this update's text. No further test-fishery data or stock composition estimates will be issued for the 2026 season.
Bristol Bay
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #19
July 11, 2026 at 08:40 PM
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #19 - July 11, 2026
This is a PWS and Copper River salmon management announcement dated July 11, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or fishery data report. It contains no Bristol Bay Daily Catch Index, no per-station indices, and no genetic stock composition data.
The actual figures present in this document are as follows. Copper River cumulative sonar count through July 10 is 512,442 fish, slightly above the historically expected 500,936 fish for that date, with a July 11 early-morning count of 2,413 fish. Preliminary harvest for the 24-hour period starting July 9 was 72 Chinook and 13,100 sockeye from 158 deliveries, well below the projected 27,000 sockeye for that period, and cumulative commercial harvest to date stands at 4,250 Chinook and 242,000 sockeye. The Coghill River weir had passed 5,328 sockeye against an anticipated 13,000 by July 10, and roughly 112,000 of a 228,000 broodstock goal have been collected. Eshamy District preliminary harvest for the 36-hour period starting July 9 was 10,800 sockeye, 6,670 pink, and 3,000 chum from 148 deliveries, while Port Chalmers estimated harvest for the 48-hour period ending July 8 was 7,700 chum from 44 deliveries against a 840,000-fish forecast, and AFK Hatchery harvest for the same period was 5,100 chum and 410 sockeye from 29 deliveries against a 330,000-fish forecast.
PWS
This is a PWS and Copper River salmon management announcement dated July 11, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or fishery data report. It contains no Bristol Bay Daily Catch Index, no per-station indices, and no genetic stock composition data.
The actual figures present in this document are as follows. Copper River cumulative sonar count through July 10 is 512,442 fish, slightly above the historically expected 500,936 fish for that date, with a July 11 early-morning count of 2,413 fish. Preliminary harvest for the 24-hour period starting July 9 was 72 Chinook and 13,100 sockeye from 158 deliveries, well below the projected 27,000 sockeye for that period, and cumulative commercial harvest to date stands at 4,250 Chinook and 242,000 sockeye. The Coghill River weir had passed 5,328 sockeye against an anticipated 13,000 by July 10, and roughly 112,000 of a 228,000 broodstock goal have been collected. Eshamy District preliminary harvest for the 36-hour period starting July 9 was 10,800 sockeye, 6,670 pink, and 3,000 chum from 148 deliveries, while Port Chalmers estimated harvest for the 48-hour period ending July 8 was 7,700 chum from 44 deliveries against a 840,000-fish forecast, and AFK Hatchery harvest for the same period was 5,100 chum and 410 sockeye from 29 deliveries against a 330,000-fish forecast.
PWS
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #34
July 11, 2026 at 08:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #34 - July 11, 2026
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 8.5 hours from 10:30 p.m. Saturday July 11 to 7:00 a.m. Sunday July 12, then again 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday July 12; set gillnet is extended 25 hours from 3:00 p.m. Saturday July 11 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday July 12. The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet 8:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and set gillnet 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The Ugashik District opens to both drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday July 12. July 10 harvests were 600,000 fish in Naknek-Kvichak (season total 3.6 million), 305,000 in Egegik (season total 7.4 million), and 292,000 in Ugashik (season total 4.5 million); Kvichak total escapement is 2.6 million, Egegik 1.7 million, and Ugashik 1.2 million.
Bristol Bay
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 8.5 hours from 10:30 p.m. Saturday July 11 to 7:00 a.m. Sunday July 12, then again 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday July 12; set gillnet is extended 25 hours from 3:00 p.m. Saturday July 11 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday July 12. The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet 8:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and set gillnet 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The Ugashik District opens to both drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday July 12. July 10 harvests were 600,000 fish in Naknek-Kvichak (season total 3.6 million), 305,000 in Egegik (season total 7.4 million), and 292,000 in Ugashik (season total 4.5 million); Kvichak total escapement is 2.6 million, Egegik 1.7 million, and Ugashik 1.2 million.
Bristol Bay
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 14
July 11, 2026 at 07:15 PM
Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 14 - July 11, 2026
Drift gillnets in the Central District, Expanded Kasilof and Expanded Kenai sections only, are open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday July 13 and Tuesday July 14, 2026; drift gillnets are prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline. Through July 10, cumulative Kasilof River sockeye escapement was 384,708 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.1 million, well above the 140,000–320,000 escapement goal. Through July 10, cumulative Kenai River sockeye escapement was 79,176 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.1 million, within the 1.1–1.4 million inriver run goal.
Cook Inlet
Drift gillnets in the Central District, Expanded Kasilof and Expanded Kenai sections only, are open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday July 13 and Tuesday July 14, 2026; drift gillnets are prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline. Through July 10, cumulative Kasilof River sockeye escapement was 384,708 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.1 million, well above the 140,000–320,000 escapement goal. Through July 10, cumulative Kenai River sockeye escapement was 79,176 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.1 million, within the 1.1–1.4 million inriver run goal.
Cook Inlet
PMTF Catch Update #31, July 10, 2026
July 11, 2026 at 02:52 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #31 - July 10, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 31 for July 10, 2026 reports a Daily Catch Index of 6, one of the lowest readings of the season, despite good fishing conditions that allowed coverage of the full transect. Station-level indices were: S2=2, S4=2, S6=37, S8=8, S10=2, S12=0, S14=4, S16=4, S18=8, S20=4, S22=0, S24=0, with S6 carrying the highest single-station value of the day at 37. For context, the seasonal mean station indices through July 10 are S2=8, S4=41, S6=83, S8=96, S10=100, S12=98, with the inner stations (S2-S12) dominating, and the season-to-date 4.5-inch mesh mean length is 510 mm versus 528 mm for the 5.125-inch mesh. The authors note the run is still on track to reach approximately the preseason forecast or better, and the final stock composition report for the season was distributed separately on July 10. July 11 will be the last day of test fishing, so no further daily index updates beyond that date should be expected.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 31 for July 10, 2026 reports a Daily Catch Index of 6, one of the lowest readings of the season, despite good fishing conditions that allowed coverage of the full transect. Station-level indices were: S2=2, S4=2, S6=37, S8=8, S10=2, S12=0, S14=4, S16=4, S18=8, S20=4, S22=0, S24=0, with S6 carrying the highest single-station value of the day at 37. For context, the seasonal mean station indices through July 10 are S2=8, S4=41, S6=83, S8=96, S10=100, S12=98, with the inner stations (S2-S12) dominating, and the season-to-date 4.5-inch mesh mean length is 510 mm versus 528 mm for the 5.125-inch mesh. The authors note the run is still on track to reach approximately the preseason forecast or better, and the final stock composition report for the season was distributed separately on July 10. July 11 will be the last day of test fishing, so no further daily index updates beyond that date should be expected.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #33
July 11, 2026 at 02:00 AM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #33 - July 10, 2026
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet gear for 8.5 hours from 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 10 until 6:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11, then again for 6 hours from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11. The current set gillnet period in the Naknek-Kvichak District is extended until 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Stand by at noon Saturday, July 11 for the next announcement.
Bristol Bay
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet gear for 8.5 hours from 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 10 until 6:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11, then again for 6 hours from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11. The current set gillnet period in the Naknek-Kvichak District is extended until 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Stand by at noon Saturday, July 11 for the next announcement.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 8-9, 2026 – All Stations
July 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 8-9, 2026 – All Stations - July 10, 2026
Genetic stock composition estimates from the Port Moller Test Fishery for July 8-9, 2026 are based on a sample of 180 fish, all of which had adequate data and were included in the analysis. Kvichak was the largest reporting group at 20.5% (90% CI: 13.5-28.4%), followed by Alagnak 12.3%, Naknek 11.7%, Ugashik 13.8%, Egegik 11.2%, Nushagak 9.9%, Togiak 8.5%, Igushik 8.3%, Wood 2.5%, Kuskokwim 0.7%, and North Peninsula 0.6%. Ugashik carried a wide confidence interval (0.0-25.2%), indicating notable uncertainty in that estimate. The composition reflects a broad mix of Bristol Bay districts with no single stock dominating, as Kvichak leads but accounts for only about one in five fish. No catch index figures, daily counts, or trend comparisons were included in this report, which is limited solely to the two-day genetic stock composition summary.
Bristol Bay
Genetic stock composition estimates from the Port Moller Test Fishery for July 8-9, 2026 are based on a sample of 180 fish, all of which had adequate data and were included in the analysis. Kvichak was the largest reporting group at 20.5% (90% CI: 13.5-28.4%), followed by Alagnak 12.3%, Naknek 11.7%, Ugashik 13.8%, Egegik 11.2%, Nushagak 9.9%, Togiak 8.5%, Igushik 8.3%, Wood 2.5%, Kuskokwim 0.7%, and North Peninsula 0.6%. Ugashik carried a wide confidence interval (0.0-25.2%), indicating notable uncertainty in that estimate. The composition reflects a broad mix of Bristol Bay districts with no single stock dominating, as Kvichak leads but accounts for only about one in five fish. No catch index figures, daily counts, or trend comparisons were included in this report, which is limited solely to the two-day genetic stock composition summary.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #12 - Samples from July 8-9, 2026
July 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition - Stock Comp. Estimate #12 - July 8-9, 2026
This is the 12th and likely final stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering July 8-9, 2026, based on samples taken at Stations 2-16. A total of 180 fish were sampled and all 180 were analyzed with adequate data. The leading stock composition estimates are Kvichak 20.5%, Ugashik 13.8%, Alagnak 12.3%, Naknek 11.7%, Egegik 11.2%, Nushagak 9.9%, Togiak 8.5%, Igushik 8.3%, Wood 2.5%, North Peninsula 0.6%, and Kuskokwim 0.7%. The 90% confidence intervals are relatively wide for several groups, notably Ugashik (0.0-25.2%) and Egegik (3.0-24.7%), indicating meaningful uncertainty at the individual stock level. The report notes this will likely be the last genetics estimate of the 2026 season, and the linked daily index and catch-per-unit-of-effort documents partition results by district but the specific Daily Catch Index numerical values are not reproduced in the extractable text of this release. The GCL team acknowledged the combined BBSRI and ADF&G effort required to deliver 12 in-season estimates across the season.
Bristol Bay
This is the 12th and likely final stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering July 8-9, 2026, based on samples taken at Stations 2-16. A total of 180 fish were sampled and all 180 were analyzed with adequate data. The leading stock composition estimates are Kvichak 20.5%, Ugashik 13.8%, Alagnak 12.3%, Naknek 11.7%, Egegik 11.2%, Nushagak 9.9%, Togiak 8.5%, Igushik 8.3%, Wood 2.5%, North Peninsula 0.6%, and Kuskokwim 0.7%. The 90% confidence intervals are relatively wide for several groups, notably Ugashik (0.0-25.2%) and Egegik (3.0-24.7%), indicating meaningful uncertainty at the individual stock level. The report notes this will likely be the last genetics estimate of the 2026 season, and the linked daily index and catch-per-unit-of-effort documents partition results by district but the specific Daily Catch Index numerical values are not reproduced in the extractable text of this release. The GCL team acknowledged the combined BBSRI and ADF&G effort required to deliver 12 in-season estimates across the season.
Bristol Bay
WRSHA Openings
July 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 26 - July 9, 2026
The Wood River Special Harvest Area (WRSHA) will close to set gillnet fishing at 1:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11, then reopen for three consecutive periods: 5:00 a.m. July 11 to 1:00 a.m. July 12, 5:00 a.m. July 12 to 1:00 a.m. July 13, and 5:00 a.m. July 13 to 1:00 a.m. July 14. In the Nushagak District, yesterday's sockeye harvest was 245,000 for a season total of 7.7 million; the Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 32,648 as of July 9.
Bristol Bay
The Wood River Special Harvest Area (WRSHA) will close to set gillnet fishing at 1:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11, then reopen for three consecutive periods: 5:00 a.m. July 11 to 1:00 a.m. July 12, 5:00 a.m. July 12 to 1:00 a.m. July 13, and 5:00 a.m. July 13 to 1:00 a.m. July 14. In the Nushagak District, yesterday's sockeye harvest was 245,000 for a season total of 7.7 million; the Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 32,648 as of July 9.
Bristol Bay
Lower Cook Inlet, July 10 - Southern, Kamishak, and Eastern districts
July 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Lower Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #9 - July 10, 2026
The Chenik Subdistrict (Kamishak District), including Chenik Lagoon east of 154° 08.33' W., opens for three 14-hour periods: July 13–15 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM each day; remaining Kamishak subdistricts (excluding McNeil River, Paint River, and Kirschner Lake SHA) remain open 24/7. In the Eastern District, Resurrection Bay Subdistrict closes for the season at 10:00 PM July 10, while the Aialik Bay Subdistrict (including Peterson Lagoon south of 59° 53.84' N.) opens July 13 at 6:00 AM on 16-hour periods (6:00 AM–10:00 PM), 7 days a week. Southern District set gillnet remains on its Monday/Thursday 48-hour schedule; through period 11 (July 6–8), cumulative set gillnet harvest totals 13,294 sockeye, 112 Chinook, 9 coho, 69 chum, and 379 pink salmon. Southern District purse seine harvest through July 8 is approximately 54,000 sockeye, 60 Chinook, 150 chum, 150 pink, and 1 coho; the Coal Point rectangle and Northshore Subdistrict remain closed to seine, while Halibut Cove, Tutka Bay (excluding SHA), and Neptune/China Poot Bay sections (excluding Hazel Lake and China Poot SHAs) remain open Monday/Wednesday/Friday 6:00 AM 16-hour periods.
Cook Inlet
The Chenik Subdistrict (Kamishak District), including Chenik Lagoon east of 154° 08.33' W., opens for three 14-hour periods: July 13–15 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM each day; remaining Kamishak subdistricts (excluding McNeil River, Paint River, and Kirschner Lake SHA) remain open 24/7. In the Eastern District, Resurrection Bay Subdistrict closes for the season at 10:00 PM July 10, while the Aialik Bay Subdistrict (including Peterson Lagoon south of 59° 53.84' N.) opens July 13 at 6:00 AM on 16-hour periods (6:00 AM–10:00 PM), 7 days a week. Southern District set gillnet remains on its Monday/Thursday 48-hour schedule; through period 11 (July 6–8), cumulative set gillnet harvest totals 13,294 sockeye, 112 Chinook, 9 coho, 69 chum, and 379 pink salmon. Southern District purse seine harvest through July 8 is approximately 54,000 sockeye, 60 Chinook, 150 chum, 150 pink, and 1 coho; the Coal Point rectangle and Northshore Subdistrict remain closed to seine, while Halibut Cove, Tutka Bay (excluding SHA), and Neptune/China Poot Bay sections (excluding Hazel Lake and China Poot SHAs) remain open Monday/Wednesday/Friday 6:00 AM 16-hour periods.
Cook Inlet
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #32
July 10, 2026 at 08:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #32 - July 10, 2026
Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 8.5 hours from 9:30 p.m. Friday July 10 to 6:00 a.m. Saturday July 11, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday July 11, and set gillnet is extended 24.5 hours from 2:30 p.m. Friday July 10 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday July 11; July 9 harvest was 210,000 fish with a season total of 3.0 million. Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for two 7-hour periods (7:30 p.m.–2:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) and set gillnet for two periods (7:45 p.m.–3:45 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.) Friday–Saturday; July 9 harvest was 342,000 fish with a season total of 7.1 million. Ugashik District opens to drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday July 11; July 9 harvest was 267,000 fish with a season total of 4.3 million.
Bristol Bay
Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 8.5 hours from 9:30 p.m. Friday July 10 to 6:00 a.m. Saturday July 11, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday July 11, and set gillnet is extended 24.5 hours from 2:30 p.m. Friday July 10 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday July 11; July 9 harvest was 210,000 fish with a season total of 3.0 million. Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for two 7-hour periods (7:30 p.m.–2:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) and set gillnet for two periods (7:45 p.m.–3:45 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.) Friday–Saturday; July 9 harvest was 342,000 fish with a season total of 7.1 million. Ugashik District opens to drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday July 11; July 9 harvest was 267,000 fish with a season total of 4.3 million.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 18
July 10, 2026 at 06:03 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #18 - July 10, 2026
The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District are extended 48 hours, open to commercial salmon fishing from 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 10 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12, including waters to the stream terminus of Olga Creek. The Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District close at 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 10, and the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District closes at 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12. Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice. Throughout the Kodiak Area including the Mainland District, Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater may not be retained by purse seine gear and must be released unharmed.
Kodiak
The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District are extended 48 hours, open to commercial salmon fishing from 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 10 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12, including waters to the stream terminus of Olga Creek. The Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District close at 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 10, and the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District closes at 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12. Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice. Throughout the Kodiak Area including the Mainland District, Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater may not be retained by purse seine gear and must be released unharmed.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #30, July 9, 2026
July 10, 2026 at 04:07 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #30 - July 9, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Daily Catch Index for July 9, 2026 (Update 30) was 14, with rough weather limiting fishing to only six stations. Station 4 posted the highest individual index at 56, followed by Station 6 at 38, Station 8 at 32, Station 12 at 6, Station 14 at 2, and Station 10 at 0; Stations 2, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 were not fished. The July 9 index of 14 is down from 20 on July 8 and well below the recent peak of 154 on July 7, continuing a sharp declining trend over the past two days. The authors note that while poor conditions on July 8 and 9 complicate interpretation, the shift in relative catch rates toward the inner stations (S4 and S6 leading, outer stations zero or not fished) is likely signaling a genuine decline in the migration rate rather than a weather artifact alone. No genetic stock composition data are included in this update; the July 8-9 composition results are expected to be released July 10 or 11. Seasonal mean station indices through July 9 are highest at S10 (103) and S12 (101), with total season raw catches split 3,632 fish (55%) in the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,984 fish (45%) in the 5.125-inch mesh, and mean lengths of 510 mm and 528 mm respectively.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Daily Catch Index for July 9, 2026 (Update 30) was 14, with rough weather limiting fishing to only six stations. Station 4 posted the highest individual index at 56, followed by Station 6 at 38, Station 8 at 32, Station 12 at 6, Station 14 at 2, and Station 10 at 0; Stations 2, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 were not fished. The July 9 index of 14 is down from 20 on July 8 and well below the recent peak of 154 on July 7, continuing a sharp declining trend over the past two days. The authors note that while poor conditions on July 8 and 9 complicate interpretation, the shift in relative catch rates toward the inner stations (S4 and S6 leading, outer stations zero or not fished) is likely signaling a genuine decline in the migration rate rather than a weather artifact alone. No genetic stock composition data are included in this update; the July 8-9 composition results are expected to be released July 10 or 11. Seasonal mean station indices through July 9 are highest at S10 (103) and S12 (101), with total season raw catches split 3,632 fish (55%) in the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,984 fish (45%) in the 5.125-inch mesh, and mean lengths of 510 mm and 528 mm respectively.
Bristol Bay
BRISTOL BAY 2026 SALMON FISHERY UPDATE #2
July 09, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Bristol Bay 2026 Salmon Fishery Update #2 - July 9, 2026
New Board of Fisheries regulations take effect July 12, 2026 across all Bristol Bay salmon fishing districts. In the Togiak District, the Kulukak Section will open by emergency order beginning July 13; watch for a formal announcement on July 12. In the Nushagak District, king salmon caught in drift or set gillnet gear must be sold or donated — retention for personal use is prohibited — and set gillnet area lines and required separation between drift and set gear will also take effect. In the Ugashik Village subdistrict, the offshore distance limit for set gillnets is set at 1,000 feet.
Bristol Bay
New Board of Fisheries regulations take effect July 12, 2026 across all Bristol Bay salmon fishing districts. In the Togiak District, the Kulukak Section will open by emergency order beginning July 13; watch for a formal announcement on July 12. In the Nushagak District, king salmon caught in drift or set gillnet gear must be sold or donated — retention for personal use is prohibited — and set gillnet area lines and required separation between drift and set gear will also take effect. In the Ugashik Village subdistrict, the offshore distance limit for set gillnets is set at 1,000 feet.
Bristol Bay
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 13
July 09, 2026 at 10:12 PM
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 13 - July 9, 2026
Drift gillnet fishing is open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on July 10–11, 2026, in the Expanded Kasilof and Expanded Kenai sections of the Central District only; drift gillnets are prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern plan. Through July 8, cumulative Kasilof River sockeye escapement was 360,698 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.2 million, exceeding the biological escapement goal of 140,000–320,000. Through July 8, cumulative Kenai River sockeye escapement was 56,048 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.2 million, within the inriver run goal of 1.1–1.4 million.
Cook Inlet
Drift gillnet fishing is open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on July 10–11, 2026, in the Expanded Kasilof and Expanded Kenai sections of the Central District only; drift gillnets are prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern plan. Through July 8, cumulative Kasilof River sockeye escapement was 360,698 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.2 million, exceeding the biological escapement goal of 140,000–320,000. Through July 8, cumulative Kenai River sockeye escapement was 56,048 fish with a mean run projection of approximately 1.2 million, within the inriver run goal of 1.1–1.4 million.
Cook Inlet
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 6-7, 2026 – All Stations
July 09, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 6-7, 2026 – All Stations - July 9, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covers July 6-7, 2026, with 403 fish sampled and 190 analyzed, of which 189 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Egegik at 29.4% (90% CI: 19.2-41.4%), followed by Ugashik at 14.8% (0.0-26.8%), Kvichak at 14.0% (7.0-22.3%), Alagnak at 11.5% (5.7-18.3%), and Nushagak at 10.6% (5.0-17.3%). Naknek accounted for 6.2% (0.0-12.6%), Wood 5.5% (0.0-10.9%), Kuskokwim 4.0% (0.0-9.5%), Igushik 1.9% (0.0-8.5%), Togiak 1.3% (0.0-4.2%), and North Peninsula 0.8% (0.0-4.1%). Several reporting groups, including Ugashik and North Peninsula, carry wide confidence intervals extending to zero, indicating considerable uncertainty in those estimates. No daily catch index, per-station catch data, or trend comparisons to prior days were included in this report, which covers stock composition only.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covers July 6-7, 2026, with 403 fish sampled and 190 analyzed, of which 189 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Egegik at 29.4% (90% CI: 19.2-41.4%), followed by Ugashik at 14.8% (0.0-26.8%), Kvichak at 14.0% (7.0-22.3%), Alagnak at 11.5% (5.7-18.3%), and Nushagak at 10.6% (5.0-17.3%). Naknek accounted for 6.2% (0.0-12.6%), Wood 5.5% (0.0-10.9%), Kuskokwim 4.0% (0.0-9.5%), Igushik 1.9% (0.0-8.5%), Togiak 1.3% (0.0-4.2%), and North Peninsula 0.8% (0.0-4.1%). Several reporting groups, including Ugashik and North Peninsula, carry wide confidence intervals extending to zero, indicating considerable uncertainty in those estimates. No daily catch index, per-station catch data, or trend comparisons to prior days were included in this report, which covers stock composition only.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #11 - Samples from July 6-7, 2026
July 09, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition Estimate #11 - July 6-7, 2026
This is the 11th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering fish sampled at Stations 2 through 24 on July 6 and 7, 2026. A total of 403 fish were sampled, of which 190 were analyzed and 189 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Egegik at 29.4% (90% CI: 19.2–41.4%), followed by Ugashik at 14.8% (0.0–26.8%), Kvichak at 14.0% (7.0–22.3%), Alagnak at 11.5% (5.7–18.3%), Nushagak at 10.6% (5.0–17.3%), Naknek at 6.2% (0.0–12.6%), Wood at 5.5% (0.0–10.9%), Kuskokwim at 4.0% (0.0–9.5%), Igushik at 1.9% (0.0–8.5%), Togiak at 1.3% (0.0–4.2%), and North Peninsula at 0.8% (0.0–4.1%). The report was produced by the ADF&G Division of Commercial Fisheries Gene Conservation Laboratory and reported as of July 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The linked daily index PDF partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index (averaged from Stations 2–24) and observed catch-plus-effort by district based on these genetic stock composition estimates, but specific daily index numerical values were not extractable from the linked PDF document in this release.
Bristol Bay
This is the 11th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering fish sampled at Stations 2 through 24 on July 6 and 7, 2026. A total of 403 fish were sampled, of which 190 were analyzed and 189 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Egegik at 29.4% (90% CI: 19.2–41.4%), followed by Ugashik at 14.8% (0.0–26.8%), Kvichak at 14.0% (7.0–22.3%), Alagnak at 11.5% (5.7–18.3%), Nushagak at 10.6% (5.0–17.3%), Naknek at 6.2% (0.0–12.6%), Wood at 5.5% (0.0–10.9%), Kuskokwim at 4.0% (0.0–9.5%), Igushik at 1.9% (0.0–8.5%), Togiak at 1.3% (0.0–4.2%), and North Peninsula at 0.8% (0.0–4.1%). The report was produced by the ADF&G Division of Commercial Fisheries Gene Conservation Laboratory and reported as of July 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The linked daily index PDF partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index (averaged from Stations 2–24) and observed catch-plus-effort by district based on these genetic stock composition estimates, but specific daily index numerical values were not extractable from the linked PDF document in this release.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #31
July 09, 2026 at 08:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #31 - July 9, 2026
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 8 hours from 8:30 p.m. Thursday July 9 to 4:30 a.m. Friday July 10, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet for 6.5 hours from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday July 10, and the set gillnet period extends 24.5 hours from 2:00 p.m. Thursday July 9 to 2:30 p.m. Friday July 10; July 8 harvest was 290,000 fish with a season total of 2.7 million. The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for two 7-hour periods (7:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.) and set gillnet for two 8-hour periods (7:00 p.m.–3:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) spanning Thursday July 9 through Friday July 10; July 8 harvest was 322,000 fish with a season total of 6.7 million. The Ugashik District opens to both drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 4:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday July 10; July 8 harvest was 279,000 fish with a season total of 4.0 million.
Bristol Bay
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 8 hours from 8:30 p.m. Thursday July 9 to 4:30 a.m. Friday July 10, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet for 6.5 hours from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday July 10, and the set gillnet period extends 24.5 hours from 2:00 p.m. Thursday July 9 to 2:30 p.m. Friday July 10; July 8 harvest was 290,000 fish with a season total of 2.7 million. The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for two 7-hour periods (7:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.) and set gillnet for two 8-hour periods (7:00 p.m.–3:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) spanning Thursday July 9 through Friday July 10; July 8 harvest was 322,000 fish with a season total of 6.7 million. The Ugashik District opens to both drift and set gillnet for 16 hours from 4:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday July 10; July 8 harvest was 279,000 fish with a season total of 4.0 million.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 17
July 09, 2026 at 06:04 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #17 - July 9, 2026
The current commercial salmon fishing period in the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District is extended 72 hours, running from 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 9 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12. The Inner and Outer Upper Station, Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District are scheduled to close to commercial salmon fishing at 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 10; Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice. Throughout the Kodiak Area including the Mainland District, Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater may not be retained by purse seine gear and must be released unharmed.
Kodiak
The current commercial salmon fishing period in the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District is extended 72 hours, running from 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 9 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12. The Inner and Outer Upper Station, Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District are scheduled to close to commercial salmon fishing at 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 10; Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice. Throughout the Kodiak Area including the Mainland District, Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater may not be retained by purse seine gear and must be released unharmed.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #29, July 8, 2026
July 09, 2026 at 05:09 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #29 - July 8, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Daily Catch Index for July 8, 2026 (Update 29) was 20, down from July 7's index of 154, continuing the expected decline during the tail of the run. Station 8 posted the highest individual index at 81, followed by Station 10 at 75, Station 4 at 43, and Station 16 at 23; Stations 2, 6, and 14 were zero, and Stations 18 through 24 were not fished due to rough seas of 5 to 8 feet. Raw catches at the fished stations totaled 113 fish across both mesh sizes (4.5-inch and 5.125-inch nets), with mean lengths of 504 mm and 531 mm respectively for those meshes on July 8. The author explicitly cautions that the 5 to 8 foot seas made conditions barely fishable and likely biased all indices low, so the drop from 154 to 20 should not be read as a true measure of fish abundance for the day. No genetic stock composition data was available for this update; results for July 6 through 7 are expected in the next report. The season-to-date totals across all stations stand at 3,596 fish in the 4.5-inch mesh (55%) and 2,953 in the 5.125-inch mesh (45%), with overall mean lengths of 510 mm and 528 mm for the season.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Daily Catch Index for July 8, 2026 (Update 29) was 20, down from July 7's index of 154, continuing the expected decline during the tail of the run. Station 8 posted the highest individual index at 81, followed by Station 10 at 75, Station 4 at 43, and Station 16 at 23; Stations 2, 6, and 14 were zero, and Stations 18 through 24 were not fished due to rough seas of 5 to 8 feet. Raw catches at the fished stations totaled 113 fish across both mesh sizes (4.5-inch and 5.125-inch nets), with mean lengths of 504 mm and 531 mm respectively for those meshes on July 8. The author explicitly cautions that the 5 to 8 foot seas made conditions barely fishable and likely biased all indices low, so the drop from 154 to 20 should not be read as a true measure of fish abundance for the day. No genetic stock composition data was available for this update; results for July 6 through 7 are expected in the next report. The season-to-date totals across all stations stand at 3,596 fish in the 4.5-inch mesh (55%) and 2,953 in the 5.125-inch mesh (45%), with overall mean lengths of 510 mm and 528 mm for the season.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #30
July 08, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #30 - July 8, 2026
Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for 7 hours (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and set gillnet for 8 hours (5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) on Thursday, July 9. Egegik total escapement is 1.5 million, inriver estimate is 50,000, July 7 harvest was 458,000, and season total is 6.4 million. Ugashik District extends the current drift gillnet period to close at 1:30 a.m. Thursday, then reopens for 12 hours (4:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) Thursday; the current set gillnet period extends to close at 4:00 p.m. Thursday. Ugashik total escapement is 700,000, inriver estimate is 200,000, July 7 harvest was 222,000, and season total is 3.7 million.
Bristol Bay
Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for 7 hours (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and set gillnet for 8 hours (5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) on Thursday, July 9. Egegik total escapement is 1.5 million, inriver estimate is 50,000, July 7 harvest was 458,000, and season total is 6.4 million. Ugashik District extends the current drift gillnet period to close at 1:30 a.m. Thursday, then reopens for 12 hours (4:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) Thursday; the current set gillnet period extends to close at 4:00 p.m. Thursday. Ugashik total escapement is 700,000, inriver estimate is 200,000, July 7 harvest was 222,000, and season total is 3.7 million.
Bristol Bay
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #18
July 08, 2026 at 09:20 PM
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #18 - July 8, 2026
The Eshamy District opens to both drift gillnet and set gillnet for a 36-hour period starting 8:00 am Thursday, July 9; the set gillnet fleet is further limited to 36 hours per week starting July 10. The MBH AGZ opens to set gillnet permit holders only, excluding waters inside the buoy line in front of the barrier seine, with MBH SHA and AGZ regulatory closed waters not in effect for this period. Preliminary harvest from the July 6 36-hour period was 16,200 sockeye and 6,200 chum salmon across 205 deliveries. PWSAC has moved 5,429 of a 12,000-sockeye brood goal into the holding pond behind the barrier seine.
PWS
The Eshamy District opens to both drift gillnet and set gillnet for a 36-hour period starting 8:00 am Thursday, July 9; the set gillnet fleet is further limited to 36 hours per week starting July 10. The MBH AGZ opens to set gillnet permit holders only, excluding waters inside the buoy line in front of the barrier seine, with MBH SHA and AGZ regulatory closed waters not in effect for this period. Preliminary harvest from the July 6 36-hour period was 16,200 sockeye and 6,200 chum salmon across 205 deliveries. PWSAC has moved 5,429 of a 12,000-sockeye brood goal into the holding pond behind the barrier seine.
PWS
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #17
July 08, 2026 at 08:40 PM
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #17 - July 8, 2026
This document is a PWS and Copper River commercial salmon fishery advisory announcement dated July 8, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or fishery data report. It contains no Bristol Bay Daily Catch Index, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition data.
The actual figures present in this document are as follows. The cumulative Copper River Miles Lake sonar count through July 7 was 462,245 fish, below the historically expected 478,200 fish for that date, and the July 8 0600 count was 3,666 fish. Cumulative commercial harvest to date is 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Coghill River weir had passed 4,521 sockeye salmon through July 7 against an anticipated cumulative total of 10,895 fish, and an estimated 71,000 of the 228,000 WNH broodstock goal have been collected. The Copper River Delta aerial survey for the week ending July 4 counted 44,600 sockeye against an anticipated range of 28,229 to 66,722, while the Bering River Delta survey counted 14,175 sockeye against an anticipated range of 11,015 to 24,232. Recent harvest estimates include 16,200 sockeye and 6,200 chum from the Eshamy 36-hour period ending July 6, 8,800 chum from the Montague Port Chalmers 36-hour period ending July 5, and 3,900 chum and 285 sockeye from the AFK Hatchery period ending July 5.
PWS
This document is a PWS and Copper River commercial salmon fishery advisory announcement dated July 8, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or fishery data report. It contains no Bristol Bay Daily Catch Index, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition data.
The actual figures present in this document are as follows. The cumulative Copper River Miles Lake sonar count through July 7 was 462,245 fish, below the historically expected 478,200 fish for that date, and the July 8 0600 count was 3,666 fish. Cumulative commercial harvest to date is 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Coghill River weir had passed 4,521 sockeye salmon through July 7 against an anticipated cumulative total of 10,895 fish, and an estimated 71,000 of the 228,000 WNH broodstock goal have been collected. The Copper River Delta aerial survey for the week ending July 4 counted 44,600 sockeye against an anticipated range of 28,229 to 66,722, while the Bering River Delta survey counted 14,175 sockeye against an anticipated range of 11,015 to 24,232. Recent harvest estimates include 16,200 sockeye and 6,200 chum from the Eshamy 36-hour period ending July 6, 8,800 chum from the Montague Port Chalmers 36-hour period ending July 5, and 3,900 chum and 285 sockeye from the AFK Hatchery period ending July 5.
PWS
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #29 Revised
July 08, 2026 at 08:23 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #29 Revised - July 8, 2026
In the Naknek-Kvichak District, drift gillnet opens 7:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8 to 3:00 a.m. Thursday July 9, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Thursday July 9, and the current set gillnet period is extended 24.5 hours from 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8 to 2:00 p.m. Thursday July 9. July 7 harvest was 579,000 fish, bringing the cumulative total to 2.5 million. Naknek River total escapement is 688,000, Alagnak 655,000, Kvichak 2.0 million with an inriver estimate of 400,000, and Kvichak escapement is above the lower bound of the goal range.
Bristol Bay
In the Naknek-Kvichak District, drift gillnet opens 7:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8 to 3:00 a.m. Thursday July 9, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Thursday July 9, and the current set gillnet period is extended 24.5 hours from 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8 to 2:00 p.m. Thursday July 9. July 7 harvest was 579,000 fish, bringing the cumulative total to 2.5 million. Naknek River total escapement is 688,000, Alagnak 655,000, Kvichak 2.0 million with an inriver estimate of 400,000, and Kvichak escapement is above the lower bound of the goal range.
Bristol Bay
WRSHA Openings
July 08, 2026 at 08:10 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 25 - July 8, 2026
Commercial fishing with set gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended until 1:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11. In the Nushagak District, yesterday's harvest was 511,000 fish for a season total of 7.1 million. The Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 31,754 as of July 7.
Bristol Bay
Commercial fishing with set gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended until 1:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11. In the Nushagak District, yesterday's harvest was 511,000 fish for a season total of 7.1 million. The Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 31,754 as of July 7.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #29
July 08, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #29 Emergency Order 43 - July 8, 2026
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 7.5 hours from 7:30 p.m. July 8 to 3:00 a.m. July 9, the Naknek Section opens to drift gillnet for 7 hours from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. July 9, and the current set gillnet period is extended 24.5 hours from 1:30 p.m. July 8 to 2:00 p.m. July 9. Naknek River escapement from midnight to 10:00 a.m. July 8 was 26,000, with a total of 688,000; Alagnak total escapement is 655,000; Kvichak total escapement is 2.0 million with an inriver estimate of 400,000. July 7 harvest was 579,000 fish for a cumulative total of 2.5 million in the district.
Bristol Bay
The Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet for 7.5 hours from 7:30 p.m. July 8 to 3:00 a.m. July 9, the Naknek Section opens to drift gillnet for 7 hours from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. July 9, and the current set gillnet period is extended 24.5 hours from 1:30 p.m. July 8 to 2:00 p.m. July 9. Naknek River escapement from midnight to 10:00 a.m. July 8 was 26,000, with a total of 688,000; Alagnak total escapement is 655,000; Kvichak total escapement is 2.0 million with an inriver estimate of 400,000. July 7 harvest was 579,000 fish for a cumulative total of 2.5 million in the district.
Bristol Bay
Status Update: PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #10 - Samples from July 4-5, 2026
July 08, 2026 at 06:59 PM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition - Stock Comp. Estimate #11 - July 6-7, 2026
Stock Composition Estimate 11 for July 6-7, 2026 from the Port Moller Test Fishery contains no catch index figures or stock composition percentages in this update. The sole substantive information is that rough weather on the transect is delaying processing of genetic samples, and the stock composition results for July 6 and 7 will not be released until the following morning. The genetics team is monitoring conditions and will publish results as soon as weather permits. No catch indices, per-station figures, sample sizes, or trend comparisons are available in this release.
Bristol Bay
Stock Composition Estimate 11 for July 6-7, 2026 from the Port Moller Test Fishery contains no catch index figures or stock composition percentages in this update. The sole substantive information is that rough weather on the transect is delaying processing of genetic samples, and the stock composition results for July 6 and 7 will not be released until the following morning. The genetics team is monitoring conditions and will publish results as soon as weather permits. No catch indices, per-station figures, sample sizes, or trend comparisons are available in this release.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 16
July 08, 2026 at 06:03 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #16 - July 8, 2026
The Alitak District's Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections receive a 48-hour extension, open through 9:00 p.m. July 10. The Northwest Kodiak, Northeast Kodiak, Eastside Kodiak, Afognak, and Mainland Districts all close at 9:00 p.m. July 8. The Outer Ayakulik Section of Southwest Kodiak closes at 9:00 p.m. July 9, and the Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District close at 9:00 p.m. July 10. Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice, and purse seine gear in the Kodiak Area may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater.
Kodiak
The Alitak District's Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections receive a 48-hour extension, open through 9:00 p.m. July 10. The Northwest Kodiak, Northeast Kodiak, Eastside Kodiak, Afognak, and Mainland Districts all close at 9:00 p.m. July 8. The Outer Ayakulik Section of Southwest Kodiak closes at 9:00 p.m. July 9, and the Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District close at 9:00 p.m. July 10. Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice, and purse seine gear in the Kodiak Area may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #28, July 7, 2026
July 08, 2026 at 03:57 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - July 7, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #28, covering July 7, 2026, shows a Daily Catch Index of 54, up from the depressed levels of the previous five days (the index was 19 on July 6 and had been running in the teens-to-low-twenties range since July 3-5). Station 8 posted the highest individual index at 225, followed by Station 6 at 188, Station 4 at 105, Station 10 at 49, Station 2 at 60, with all stations from 12 outward contributing only single or low double digits and Station 24 not fished. The season-to-date mean station indices show the core of the run concentrated at Stations 6 through 10, with cumulative raw catches split 3,536 fish (55%) in the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,900 fish (45%) in the 5.125-inch mesh, at mean lengths of 502 mm and 520 mm respectively. No stock composition data is included in this update; the authors note that composition results for July 6-7 are expected to be released July 8-9. The authors caution that while today's rebound could point to a later and larger run than anticipated, elevated late-season catch indices in past years have not always translated into inshore catch and escapement at levels comparable to similar indices earlier in the season.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #28, covering July 7, 2026, shows a Daily Catch Index of 54, up from the depressed levels of the previous five days (the index was 19 on July 6 and had been running in the teens-to-low-twenties range since July 3-5). Station 8 posted the highest individual index at 225, followed by Station 6 at 188, Station 4 at 105, Station 10 at 49, Station 2 at 60, with all stations from 12 outward contributing only single or low double digits and Station 24 not fished. The season-to-date mean station indices show the core of the run concentrated at Stations 6 through 10, with cumulative raw catches split 3,536 fish (55%) in the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,900 fish (45%) in the 5.125-inch mesh, at mean lengths of 502 mm and 520 mm respectively. No stock composition data is included in this update; the authors note that composition results for July 6-7 are expected to be released July 8-9. The authors caution that while today's rebound could point to a later and larger run than anticipated, elevated late-season catch indices in past years have not always translated into inshore catch and escapement at levels comparable to similar indices earlier in the season.
Bristol Bay
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 12
July 08, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 12 - July 7, 2026
Central District drift gillnet openings are scheduled for July 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections only, and July 9 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Area 1, the Expanded Kasilof Section, and the Expanded Kenai Section only. Drift gillnet fishing is prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan.
Cook Inlet
Central District drift gillnet openings are scheduled for July 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections only, and July 9 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Area 1, the Expanded Kasilof Section, and the Expanded Kenai Section only. Drift gillnet fishing is prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan.
Cook Inlet
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #28
July 07, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #28 - July 7, 2026
Egegik District escapement is 1.4 million total with 150,000 inriver; the July 6 harvest was 493,000 fish and the season total is 5.9 million. Ugashik District escapement is 370,000 total with 250,000 inriver; the July 6 harvest was 240,000 fish and the season total is 3.5 million. Egegik opens to drift gillnet for 6.5 hours 4:30–11:00 a.m. and again 6:00 p.m.–12:30 a.m. Wednesday–Thursday July 8–9, and set gillnet for 8 hours 4:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and again 6:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. those same periods; the 48-hour transfer waiting requirement into Egegik is waived, but transfers out to Naknek-Kvichak or Ugashik still require a 48-hour wait. Ugashik opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours 3:30–9:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8, and set gillnet for 12 hours 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to 3:30 a.m. Thursday July 9.
Bristol Bay
Egegik District escapement is 1.4 million total with 150,000 inriver; the July 6 harvest was 493,000 fish and the season total is 5.9 million. Ugashik District escapement is 370,000 total with 250,000 inriver; the July 6 harvest was 240,000 fish and the season total is 3.5 million. Egegik opens to drift gillnet for 6.5 hours 4:30–11:00 a.m. and again 6:00 p.m.–12:30 a.m. Wednesday–Thursday July 8–9, and set gillnet for 8 hours 4:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and again 6:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. those same periods; the 48-hour transfer waiting requirement into Egegik is waived, but transfers out to Naknek-Kvichak or Ugashik still require a 48-hour wait. Ugashik opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours 3:30–9:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8, and set gillnet for 12 hours 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to 3:30 a.m. Thursday July 9.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #27
July 07, 2026 at 08:01 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #27 Emergency Order 40 - July 7, 2026
Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet 7:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7 to 1:30 a.m. Wednesday July 8, then again 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8. The Kvichak Section set gillnet period extends 1:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8; the Naknek Section opens to set gillnet 7:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8. As of July 7, Naknek River total escapement is 591,000 (with daily expected to exceed 100,000), Alagnak total 584,000, Kvichak total 1.8 million with 500,000 inriver, and July 6 harvest was 138,000 for a cumulative 1.9 million.
Bristol Bay
Naknek-Kvichak District opens to drift gillnet 7:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7 to 1:30 a.m. Wednesday July 8, then again 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8. The Kvichak Section set gillnet period extends 1:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8; the Naknek Section opens to set gillnet 7:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday July 8. As of July 7, Naknek River total escapement is 591,000 (with daily expected to exceed 100,000), Alagnak total 584,000, Kvichak total 1.8 million with 500,000 inriver, and July 6 harvest was 138,000 for a cumulative 1.9 million.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak Extend WRSHA Opening
July 07, 2026 at 05:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 24 - July 7, 2026
Drift gillnet fishing in the Nushagak District opened at 8:00 a.m. July 7 and is extended until further notice. Set gillnet fishing in the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended until 10:00 p.m. July 8. Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement stands at 2.9 million as of July 6, Wood River at 2.2 million, and Igushik River at 286,000, with all rivers having surpassed their escapement midpoints. Cumulative commercial harvest is running 75% drift and 25% set.
Bristol Bay
Drift gillnet fishing in the Nushagak District opened at 8:00 a.m. July 7 and is extended until further notice. Set gillnet fishing in the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended until 10:00 p.m. July 8. Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement stands at 2.9 million as of July 6, Wood River at 2.2 million, and Igushik River at 286,000, with all rivers having surpassed their escapement midpoints. Cumulative commercial harvest is running 75% drift and 25% set.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Catch Update #27, July 6, 2026
July 07, 2026 at 04:10 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - July 6, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 27 for July 6, 2026 reports a Daily Catch Index of 19, with activity concentrated at Station 8 (index 128) and Station 10 (index 74); all other stations were at 4 or below, and stations 2, 6, 12, 14, 16, and 22-24 recorded zeroes. The raw data confirms Station 8 caught 63 fish in the 4.5-inch mesh net and 1 in the 5.125-inch net for an index of 128, while Station 10 caught 38 fish in the 4.5-inch net for an index of 74. This represents a sharp decline from the recent peak period: the index had reached 83 on June 27, 90 on July 5, and prior highs in the 200-range in late June, so the July 6 reading of 19 continues a notable downward trend over the past several days. Seasonal mean station indices through July 6 show Station 8 leading at 86 and Station 10 at 97, with cumulative season totals of 3,312 catches on the 4.5-inch mesh (55%) and 2,761 on the 5.125-inch mesh (45%), and mean fish lengths of 511 mm and 528 mm respectively. No stock composition data is included in this update; the authors note that genetic results for July 6-7 samples are expected to be released July 8-9.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 27 for July 6, 2026 reports a Daily Catch Index of 19, with activity concentrated at Station 8 (index 128) and Station 10 (index 74); all other stations were at 4 or below, and stations 2, 6, 12, 14, 16, and 22-24 recorded zeroes. The raw data confirms Station 8 caught 63 fish in the 4.5-inch mesh net and 1 in the 5.125-inch net for an index of 128, while Station 10 caught 38 fish in the 4.5-inch net for an index of 74. This represents a sharp decline from the recent peak period: the index had reached 83 on June 27, 90 on July 5, and prior highs in the 200-range in late June, so the July 6 reading of 19 continues a notable downward trend over the past several days. Seasonal mean station indices through July 6 show Station 8 leading at 86 and Station 10 at 97, with cumulative season totals of 3,312 catches on the 4.5-inch mesh (55%) and 2,761 on the 5.125-inch mesh (45%), and mean fish lengths of 511 mm and 528 mm respectively. No stock composition data is included in this update; the authors note that genetic results for July 6-7 samples are expected to be released July 8-9.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 4-5, 2026 – All Stations
July 07, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 4-5, 2026 – All Stations - July 6, 2026
Genetic stock composition estimates from the Port Moller Test Fishery cover July 4-5, 2026, based on 277 fish sampled, of which 190 had adequate data for analysis. The largest reporting group was Kvichak at 23.8% (90% CI: 14.5-33.5%), followed by Egegik at 16.4% (7.0-27.6%), Naknek at 15.4% (7.9-23.6%), Alagnak at 9.2% (0.0-17.0%), Wood at 8.5% (1.8-16.2%), Togiak at 7.4% (2.9-12.2%), Ugashik at 7.1% (0.0-18.0%), Igushik at 6.3% (0.0-13.8%), Nushagak at 4.3% (0.0-13.4%), North Peninsula at 1.0% (0.0-4.3%), and Kuskokwim at 0.5% (0.0-3.0%). The Kvichak contribution is the dominant stock in this two-day sample, with Egegik and Naknek also representing notable shares. No daily catch index or per-station catch figures are included in this report, which is limited to stock composition data only. No explicit run-timing or trend-versus-prior-days commentary is provided by the author in this document.
Bristol Bay
Genetic stock composition estimates from the Port Moller Test Fishery cover July 4-5, 2026, based on 277 fish sampled, of which 190 had adequate data for analysis. The largest reporting group was Kvichak at 23.8% (90% CI: 14.5-33.5%), followed by Egegik at 16.4% (7.0-27.6%), Naknek at 15.4% (7.9-23.6%), Alagnak at 9.2% (0.0-17.0%), Wood at 8.5% (1.8-16.2%), Togiak at 7.4% (2.9-12.2%), Ugashik at 7.1% (0.0-18.0%), Igushik at 6.3% (0.0-13.8%), Nushagak at 4.3% (0.0-13.4%), North Peninsula at 1.0% (0.0-4.3%), and Kuskokwim at 0.5% (0.0-3.0%). The Kvichak contribution is the dominant stock in this two-day sample, with Egegik and Naknek also representing notable shares. No daily catch index or per-station catch figures are included in this report, which is limited to stock composition data only. No explicit run-timing or trend-versus-prior-days commentary is provided by the author in this document.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #10 - Samples from July 4-5, 2026
July 07, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition - Stock Comp. Estimate #10 - July 4-5, 2026
This is the 10th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering samples collected July 4-5, 2026, and reported as of July 6, 2026. A total of 277 fish were sampled across Stations 2-24, of which 190 had adequate data for genetic analysis. The major stock composition estimates are Kvichak 23.8%, Egegik 16.4%, Naknek 15.4%, Alagnak 9.2%, Wood 8.5%, Ugashik 7.1%, Igushik 6.3%, Nushagak 4.3%, Togiak 2.9%, North Peninsula 1.0%, and Kuskokwim 0.5%. The Kvichak remains the dominant reporting group, consistent with patterns visible in the multi-year historical comparison charts included in the report. The linked daily catch index PDF (PMTF_DailyIndexAndCE_ByDistrict.27) partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index and observed catch-plus-escapement by district based on these genetic estimates, but specific index values and per-station figures were not extractable from the linked file as provided. No explicit caveat regarding estimate uncertainty is stated beyond the standard 90% confidence intervals, which are notably wide for several groups, for example Kvichak ranging from 14.5% to 33.5% and Egegik from 7.0% to 27.6%.
Bristol Bay
This is the 10th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering samples collected July 4-5, 2026, and reported as of July 6, 2026. A total of 277 fish were sampled across Stations 2-24, of which 190 had adequate data for genetic analysis. The major stock composition estimates are Kvichak 23.8%, Egegik 16.4%, Naknek 15.4%, Alagnak 9.2%, Wood 8.5%, Ugashik 7.1%, Igushik 6.3%, Nushagak 4.3%, Togiak 2.9%, North Peninsula 1.0%, and Kuskokwim 0.5%. The Kvichak remains the dominant reporting group, consistent with patterns visible in the multi-year historical comparison charts included in the report. The linked daily catch index PDF (PMTF_DailyIndexAndCE_ByDistrict.27) partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index and observed catch-plus-escapement by district based on these genetic estimates, but specific index values and per-station figures were not extractable from the linked file as provided. No explicit caveat regarding estimate uncertainty is stated beyond the standard 90% confidence intervals, which are notably wide for several groups, for example Kvichak ranging from 14.5% to 33.5% and Egegik from 7.0% to 27.6%.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #26
July 06, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #26 - July 6, 2026
The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for 5.5 hours from 3:30–9:00 a.m. and again 4:45–10:15 p.m. Tuesday July 7, and to set gillnet for 8 hours from 3:45–11:45 a.m. and again 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to 1:15 a.m. Wednesday July 8. The Ugashik District opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours from 3:00–9:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7, and to set gillnet for 12 hours from 3:00 p.m. Tuesday to 3:00 a.m. Wednesday July 8. Egegik River total escapement is 1.3 million with an inriver estimate of 150,000; July 5 harvest was 539,000 for a season total of 5.4 million. Ugashik River total escapement is 320,000 with an inriver estimate of 200,000; July 5 harvest was 348,000 for a season total of 3.2 million.
Bristol Bay
The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for 5.5 hours from 3:30–9:00 a.m. and again 4:45–10:15 p.m. Tuesday July 7, and to set gillnet for 8 hours from 3:45–11:45 a.m. and again 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to 1:15 a.m. Wednesday July 8. The Ugashik District opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours from 3:00–9:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7, and to set gillnet for 12 hours from 3:00 p.m. Tuesday to 3:00 a.m. Wednesday July 8. Egegik River total escapement is 1.3 million with an inriver estimate of 150,000; July 5 harvest was 539,000 for a season total of 5.4 million. Ugashik River total escapement is 320,000 with an inriver estimate of 200,000; July 5 harvest was 348,000 for a season total of 3.2 million.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #25
July 06, 2026 at 08:10 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #25 Emergency Order 37 - July 6, 2026
The Kvichak Section opens to both drift gillnet and set gillnet gear for 7.5 hours from 5:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7. As of July 6, Naknek River escapement from midnight to 10:00 a.m. was 14,000 with a total of 536,000; Alagnak River total escapement is 477,000; Kvichak River total escapement is 1.5 million with an inriver estimate of 600,000 fish. There was no harvest on July 5. Special Harvest Areas in the Kvichak, Alagnak, and Egegik are not being enacted at this time, with the earliest possible restriction to Special Harvest Areas being the morning of July 8.
Bristol Bay
The Kvichak Section opens to both drift gillnet and set gillnet gear for 7.5 hours from 5:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7. As of July 6, Naknek River escapement from midnight to 10:00 a.m. was 14,000 with a total of 536,000; Alagnak River total escapement is 477,000; Kvichak River total escapement is 1.5 million with an inriver estimate of 600,000 fish. There was no harvest on July 5. Special Harvest Areas in the Kvichak, Alagnak, and Egegik are not being enacted at this time, with the earliest possible restriction to Special Harvest Areas being the morning of July 8.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak and WRSHA Openings
July 06, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 23 - July 6, 2026
Nushagak District drift gillnet fishing closes at 4:00 p.m. Monday July 6, then reopens 7:30–4:30 a.m. Tuesday July 7, and again 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7, each a 9-hour opening. Set gillnet fishing in the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended until 10:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7. Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 532,000 yesterday for a cumulative 6.3 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 34,000 yesterday (cumulative 2.9 million), Wood River 57,000 (cumulative 2.1 million), and Igushik River 35,000 yesterday and 15,000 this morning (cumulative 260,000, midpoint goal 275,000).
Bristol Bay
Nushagak District drift gillnet fishing closes at 4:00 p.m. Monday July 6, then reopens 7:30–4:30 a.m. Tuesday July 7, and again 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7, each a 9-hour opening. Set gillnet fishing in the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended until 10:00 p.m. Tuesday July 7. Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 532,000 yesterday for a cumulative 6.3 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 34,000 yesterday (cumulative 2.9 million), Wood River 57,000 (cumulative 2.1 million), and Igushik River 35,000 yesterday and 15,000 this morning (cumulative 260,000, midpoint goal 275,000).
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 15
July 06, 2026 at 06:04 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #15 - July 6, 2026
The Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District gets a 72-hour extension from 9:00 p.m. July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 9. The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District open for 105 hours from noon July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 10, with waters open to the stream terminus of Olga Creek. The Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District, plus the Northwest, Northeast (except Buskin River Section), Eastside Kodiak, Afognak (except Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, Inner and Outer Kitoi Bay sections), and Mainland Districts open for 57 hours from noon July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 8. The Foul Bay Special Harvest Area closes at 9:00 p.m. July 8; Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice.
Kodiak
The Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District gets a 72-hour extension from 9:00 p.m. July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 9. The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District open for 105 hours from noon July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 10, with waters open to the stream terminus of Olga Creek. The Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections of the Alitak District, plus the Northwest, Northeast (except Buskin River Section), Eastside Kodiak, Afognak (except Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, Inner and Outer Kitoi Bay sections), and Mainland Districts open for 57 hours from noon July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 8. The Foul Bay Special Harvest Area closes at 9:00 p.m. July 8; Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) remains open until further notice.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #26, July 5, 2026
July 06, 2026 at 03:38 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - July 5, 2026
For July 5, 2026 (Update 26), the Daily Catch Index was 21, a sharp drop from recent days such as July 4 (index 38), July 3 (index 20), July 1 (index 69), and the season peak around June 27 (index 83). Activity was heavily concentrated at the inner stations, with S10 leading at 130 and S8 at 102, while all other stations registered 4 or fewer, and S2, S12 through S20 all posted zeros. The seasonal mean station indices show S12 highest at 116, S10 at 111, and S8 at 96, reflecting where the bulk of the run has passed through; cumulative season totals show 3,203 fish (54%) on the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,755 (46%) on the 5.125-inch mesh, with mean lengths of 511 mm and 528 mm respectively. No genetic stock composition data is included in this update; the authors note the July 4-5 stock composition results are expected to be released July 6-7. The authors state the test fishery appears to be reaching the tail end of the season, and that signals from the fishery combined with observed catch-plus-escapement to date still appear on track to hit the preseason forecast. Historical C+E charts in the linked document show comparable late-season wind-down patterns across most prior years, with 2025 noting a total run of 57 million fish running 1 day early as the nearest comparison year.
Bristol Bay
For July 5, 2026 (Update 26), the Daily Catch Index was 21, a sharp drop from recent days such as July 4 (index 38), July 3 (index 20), July 1 (index 69), and the season peak around June 27 (index 83). Activity was heavily concentrated at the inner stations, with S10 leading at 130 and S8 at 102, while all other stations registered 4 or fewer, and S2, S12 through S20 all posted zeros. The seasonal mean station indices show S12 highest at 116, S10 at 111, and S8 at 96, reflecting where the bulk of the run has passed through; cumulative season totals show 3,203 fish (54%) on the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,755 (46%) on the 5.125-inch mesh, with mean lengths of 511 mm and 528 mm respectively. No genetic stock composition data is included in this update; the authors note the July 4-5 stock composition results are expected to be released July 6-7. The authors state the test fishery appears to be reaching the tail end of the season, and that signals from the fishery combined with observed catch-plus-escapement to date still appear on track to hit the preseason forecast. Historical C+E charts in the linked document show comparable late-season wind-down patterns across most prior years, with 2025 noting a total run of 57 million fish running 1 day early as the nearest comparison year.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #24 Revised
July 05, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #24 Revised - July 5, 2026
The Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet only for 7.5 hours from 5:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 6; Naknek River escapement reached 74,000 from midnight to 2:00 p.m. on July 5 with a season total of 500,000, Kvichak total escapement is 1.25 million, and July 4 district harvest was 441,000 for a season total of 1.7 million fish. The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet 2:30–7:30 a.m. and 4:00–9:00 p.m. Monday July 6, and to set gillnet 3:15–11:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m. Monday–Tuesday July 6–7; Egegik total escapement is 1.2 million and July 4 harvest was 579,000 for a season total of 4.9 million. The Ugashik District opens to drift gillnet 2:30–8:30 p.m. and set gillnet 2:30 p.m.–2:30 a.m. Monday–Tuesday July 6–7; Ugashik total escapement is 229,000 and July 5 harvest was 446,000 for a season total of 2.9 million.
Bristol Bay
The Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet only for 7.5 hours from 5:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 6; Naknek River escapement reached 74,000 from midnight to 2:00 p.m. on July 5 with a season total of 500,000, Kvichak total escapement is 1.25 million, and July 4 district harvest was 441,000 for a season total of 1.7 million fish. The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet 2:30–7:30 a.m. and 4:00–9:00 p.m. Monday July 6, and to set gillnet 3:15–11:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m. Monday–Tuesday July 6–7; Egegik total escapement is 1.2 million and July 4 harvest was 579,000 for a season total of 4.9 million. The Ugashik District opens to drift gillnet 2:30–8:30 p.m. and set gillnet 2:30 p.m.–2:30 a.m. Monday–Tuesday July 6–7; Ugashik total escapement is 229,000 and July 5 harvest was 446,000 for a season total of 2.9 million.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak and WRSHA Openings
July 05, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 22 - July 5, 2026
In the Nushagak District, drift gillnet fishing closes at 3:30 p.m. July 5, reopens 7:00 p.m. July 5 until 3:00 a.m. July 6 (8 hours), then opens again 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. July 6 (9 hours). Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section are extended until further notice, and set gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area are extended until 10:00 p.m. July 6. Yesterday's Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 844,000 for a cumulative 5.8 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 32,000 yesterday (cumulative 2.9 million), Wood River 48,000 (cumulative 2.1 million), and Igushik River 31,000 yesterday and 9,000 this morning (cumulative 218,000 against a goal midpoint of 275,000).
Bristol Bay
In the Nushagak District, drift gillnet fishing closes at 3:30 p.m. July 5, reopens 7:00 p.m. July 5 until 3:00 a.m. July 6 (8 hours), then opens again 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. July 6 (9 hours). Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section are extended until further notice, and set gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area are extended until 10:00 p.m. July 6. Yesterday's Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 844,000 for a cumulative 5.8 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 32,000 yesterday (cumulative 2.9 million), Wood River 48,000 (cumulative 2.1 million), and Igushik River 31,000 yesterday and 9,000 this morning (cumulative 218,000 against a goal midpoint of 275,000).
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #24
July 05, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #24 - July 5, 2026
In the Naknek-Kvichak District, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet only for 7.5 hours from 5:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 6; Naknek River escapement hit 74,000 between midnight and 2:00 p.m. today with a season total of 500,000, Kvichak River total escapement is 1.25 million, and July 4 harvest was 441,000 for a season total of 1.7 million fish. In the Egegik District, drift gillnet opens 2:30–7:30 a.m. and 4:00–9:00 p.m. Monday July 6, and set gillnet opens 3:15–11:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to 12:30 a.m. Tuesday July 7; total escapement is 1.2 million and July 4 harvest was 579,000 for a season total of 4.9 million. In the Ugashik District, drift gillnet opens 2:30–8:30 p.m. Monday July 6 and set gillnet opens 2:30 p.m. Monday to 2:30 a.m. Tuesday July 7; total escapement is 229,000 and July 5 harvest was 446,000 for a season total of 2.9 million.
Bristol Bay
In the Naknek-Kvichak District, the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet only for 7.5 hours from 5:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 6; Naknek River escapement hit 74,000 between midnight and 2:00 p.m. today with a season total of 500,000, Kvichak River total escapement is 1.25 million, and July 4 harvest was 441,000 for a season total of 1.7 million fish. In the Egegik District, drift gillnet opens 2:30–7:30 a.m. and 4:00–9:00 p.m. Monday July 6, and set gillnet opens 3:15–11:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to 12:30 a.m. Tuesday July 7; total escapement is 1.2 million and July 4 harvest was 579,000 for a season total of 4.9 million. In the Ugashik District, drift gillnet opens 2:30–8:30 p.m. Monday July 6 and set gillnet opens 2:30 p.m. Monday to 2:30 a.m. Tuesday July 7; total escapement is 229,000 and July 5 harvest was 446,000 for a season total of 2.9 million.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 14
July 05, 2026 at 06:04 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #14 - July 5, 2026
The Alitak District's Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections open for 105 hours from noon Monday July 6 to 9:00 p.m. Friday July 10, while the Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections open for 57 hours from noon Monday July 6 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8. Also opening noon July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 8 are the Northwest, Northeast (except Buskin River Section), and Eastside Kodiak Districts, the Afognak District (except Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, Inner and Outer Kitoi Bay Sections), and the Mainland District. The Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District closes at 9:00 p.m. Monday July 6, and the Foul Bay Special Harvest Area closes at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8. Throughout the Kodiak Area, Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater may not be retained by purse seine and must be released.
Kodiak
The Alitak District's Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections open for 105 hours from noon Monday July 6 to 9:00 p.m. Friday July 10, while the Cape Alitak, Humpy-Deadman, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay Sections open for 57 hours from noon Monday July 6 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8. Also opening noon July 6 to 9:00 p.m. July 8 are the Northwest, Northeast (except Buskin River Section), and Eastside Kodiak Districts, the Afognak District (except Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, Inner and Outer Kitoi Bay Sections), and the Mainland District. The Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District closes at 9:00 p.m. Monday July 6, and the Foul Bay Special Harvest Area closes at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8. Throughout the Kodiak Area, Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater may not be retained by purse seine and must be released.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #25, July 4, 2026
July 05, 2026 at 06:23 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #25 - July 4, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #25, covering July 4, 2026, recorded a Daily Catch Index of 39, with Station 6 posting the highest individual index at 333, followed by Station 8 at 28, Station 10 at 26, Station 12 at 21, Station 14 at 13, Station 4 at 11, Station 16 at 7, Station 18 at 4, and Stations 20, 22, and 24 all at zero; Station 2 was not fished. Comparing to recent days, the July 4 index of 39 is sharply lower than the July 1 index of 69, the July 2 index of 70, and the July 3 index of 32, continuing a declining trend from the late-June peak when indices reached 83 to 104. The season-to-date mean station index summary shows totals of 3,163 fish on the 4.5-inch mesh (54%) and 2,665 on the 5.125-inch mesh (46%), with mean lengths of 512 mm and 529 mm respectively across all stations. No genetic stock composition data is available for July 4; the authors state that stock composition results for July 4-5 are expected to be released July 6-7. The historical C+E comparison charts show the 2026 run index peaking around late June to early July, broadly consistent with the timing seen in years like 2025 (total run 57 million, 1 day early) and 2022 (total run 79 million, 1 day late), though 2026 run totals remain incomplete at this point in the season.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #25, covering July 4, 2026, recorded a Daily Catch Index of 39, with Station 6 posting the highest individual index at 333, followed by Station 8 at 28, Station 10 at 26, Station 12 at 21, Station 14 at 13, Station 4 at 11, Station 16 at 7, Station 18 at 4, and Stations 20, 22, and 24 all at zero; Station 2 was not fished. Comparing to recent days, the July 4 index of 39 is sharply lower than the July 1 index of 69, the July 2 index of 70, and the July 3 index of 32, continuing a declining trend from the late-June peak when indices reached 83 to 104. The season-to-date mean station index summary shows totals of 3,163 fish on the 4.5-inch mesh (54%) and 2,665 on the 5.125-inch mesh (46%), with mean lengths of 512 mm and 529 mm respectively across all stations. No genetic stock composition data is available for July 4; the authors state that stock composition results for July 4-5 are expected to be released July 6-7. The historical C+E comparison charts show the 2026 run index peaking around late June to early July, broadly consistent with the timing seen in years like 2025 (total run 57 million, 1 day early) and 2022 (total run 79 million, 1 day late), though 2026 run totals remain incomplete at this point in the season.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #9 - Samples from July 2-3, 2026
July 05, 2026 at 05:18 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition - Stock Comp. Estimate #9 - July 2-3, 2026
This is the 9th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering fish sampled at Stations 2 through 20 on July 2 and 3, 2026, reported as of July 4, 2026. A total of 214 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 had adequate data to include in the analysis. The stock composition estimates, largest first, are: Egegik 31.3%, Kvichak 22.3%, Naknek 13.7%, Wood 11.7%, Nushagak 8.4%, North Peninsula 3.9%, Alagnak 3.2%, Kuskokwim 2.2%, Ugashik 1.3%, Igushik 1.7%, and Togiak 0.3%. Egegik is the dominant stock in this estimate, with a 90% confidence interval of 23.3% to 39.1%, followed by Kvichak at 15.7% to 29.8%. The linked daily index PDF partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index (averaged from Stations 2 through 24) by district based on genetic stock composition estimates, though the specific daily index numerical values are contained in that document and were not extracted in the text provided here. No explicit run-timing caveat is stated by the authors beyond the standard reporting structure.
Bristol Bay
This is the 9th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering fish sampled at Stations 2 through 20 on July 2 and 3, 2026, reported as of July 4, 2026. A total of 214 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 had adequate data to include in the analysis. The stock composition estimates, largest first, are: Egegik 31.3%, Kvichak 22.3%, Naknek 13.7%, Wood 11.7%, Nushagak 8.4%, North Peninsula 3.9%, Alagnak 3.2%, Kuskokwim 2.2%, Ugashik 1.3%, Igushik 1.7%, and Togiak 0.3%. Egegik is the dominant stock in this estimate, with a 90% confidence interval of 23.3% to 39.1%, followed by Kvichak at 15.7% to 29.8%. The linked daily index PDF partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index (averaged from Stations 2 through 24) by district based on genetic stock composition estimates, though the specific daily index numerical values are contained in that document and were not extracted in the text provided here. No explicit run-timing caveat is stated by the authors beyond the standard reporting structure.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 2-3, 2026 – All Stations
July 05, 2026 at 05:06 AM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary July 2-3, 2026 – All Stations - July 4, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covers July 2-3, 2026, issued July 4, 2026. A total of 214 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 had adequate data for inclusion in the analysis. The largest reporting group was Egegik at 31.3% (90% CI: 23.3–39.1%), followed by Kvichak at 22.3% (15.7–29.8%), Naknek at 13.7% (7.6–20.5%), Wood at 11.7% (6.3–17.2%), Nushagak at 8.4% (2.9–14.4%), North Peninsula at 3.9% (0.2–9.8%), Alagnak at 3.2% (0.0–10.6%), Kuskokwim at 2.2% (0.0–5.9%), Igushik at 1.7% (0.0–6.2%), Ugashik at 1.3% (0.0–7.7%), and Togiak at 0.3% (0.0–2.0%). This report contains stock composition data only; no catch index, daily catch figures, or run-trend comparisons are included in this document.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covers July 2-3, 2026, issued July 4, 2026. A total of 214 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 had adequate data for inclusion in the analysis. The largest reporting group was Egegik at 31.3% (90% CI: 23.3–39.1%), followed by Kvichak at 22.3% (15.7–29.8%), Naknek at 13.7% (7.6–20.5%), Wood at 11.7% (6.3–17.2%), Nushagak at 8.4% (2.9–14.4%), North Peninsula at 3.9% (0.2–9.8%), Alagnak at 3.2% (0.0–10.6%), Kuskokwim at 2.2% (0.0–5.9%), Igushik at 1.7% (0.0–6.2%), Ugashik at 1.3% (0.0–7.7%), and Togiak at 0.3% (0.0–2.0%). This report contains stock composition data only; no catch index, daily catch figures, or run-trend comparisons are included in this document.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #23
July 04, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #23 - July 4, 2026
The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for two 5-hour periods (2:00–7:00 a.m. and 3:00–8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 5) and set gillnet for two 8-hour periods (2:30–10:30 a.m. and 3:45–11:45 p.m. Sunday, July 5). The Ugashik District opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours (1:45–7:45 p.m. Sunday, July 5) and set gillnet for 12 hours (1:45 p.m. Sunday, July 5 to 1:45 a.m. Monday, July 6). Egegik total escapement is 1.1 million with 100,000 inriver; July 3 harvest was 697,000 fish and the season total is 4.3 million. Ugashik total escapement is 195,000 with 200,000 inriver and a season harvest total of 2.4 million fish.
Bristol Bay
The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for two 5-hour periods (2:00–7:00 a.m. and 3:00–8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 5) and set gillnet for two 8-hour periods (2:30–10:30 a.m. and 3:45–11:45 p.m. Sunday, July 5). The Ugashik District opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours (1:45–7:45 p.m. Sunday, July 5) and set gillnet for 12 hours (1:45 p.m. Sunday, July 5 to 1:45 a.m. Monday, July 6). Egegik total escapement is 1.1 million with 100,000 inriver; July 3 harvest was 697,000 fish and the season total is 4.3 million. Ugashik total escapement is 195,000 with 200,000 inriver and a season harvest total of 2.4 million fish.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak and WRSHA Openings
July 04, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 21 - July 4, 2026
Nushagak District drift gillnet openings: 5:00–11:00 p.m. Saturday July 4, 6:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Sunday July 5, and 7:00 p.m. Sunday July 5–3:00 a.m. Monday July 6. Nushagak Section set gillnets are extended until 11:00 p.m. Sunday July 5. Wood River Special Harvest Area drift gillnets close at 6:00 p.m. Saturday July 4, then open to set gillnets 8:00 p.m. Saturday July 4 through 9:00 p.m. Sunday July 5. Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 648,000 yesterday for a cumulative 5 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 70,000 yesterday (cumulative 2.8 million) and Wood River sockeye was 69,000 yesterday (cumulative 2 million).
Bristol Bay
Nushagak District drift gillnet openings: 5:00–11:00 p.m. Saturday July 4, 6:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Sunday July 5, and 7:00 p.m. Sunday July 5–3:00 a.m. Monday July 6. Nushagak Section set gillnets are extended until 11:00 p.m. Sunday July 5. Wood River Special Harvest Area drift gillnets close at 6:00 p.m. Saturday July 4, then open to set gillnets 8:00 p.m. Saturday July 4 through 9:00 p.m. Sunday July 5. Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 648,000 yesterday for a cumulative 5 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 70,000 yesterday (cumulative 2.8 million) and Wood River sockeye was 69,000 yesterday (cumulative 2 million).
Bristol Bay
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #16
July 04, 2026 at 08:56 PM
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #16 - July 4, 2026
This is a PWS and Copper River fishery management announcement dated July 4, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or catch-index data report. No Daily Catch Index, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition percentages are present in this document.
The key actual numbers reported are as follows. The cumulative Copper River Miles Lake sonar count through July 3 is 396,740 fish, below the 444,991 fish expected by that date based on historical timing applied to the 2026 inriver goal, and the 0600 count on July 4 was 4,134 fish. The Copper River Delta aerial survey for the week ending July 4 counted 44,600 sockeye salmon against an anticipated range of 28,229 to 66,722, and cumulative commercial harvest to date is 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Bering River Delta survey count for the week ending July 4 was 14,175 sockeye versus an anticipated range of 11,015 to 24,232. Preliminary Eshamy District harvest for the 36-hour period starting July 2 was 36,400 sockeye and 7,900 chum with 362 deliveries, while the Coghill District 24-hour period yielded an estimated 5,350 chum and 3,100 sockeye with 71 deliveries. The Montague Port Chalmers 48-hour period ending July 1 produced an estimated 11,800 chum with 41 deliveries, against a season forecast of 840,000 chum returns to that subdistrict.
PWS
This is a PWS and Copper River fishery management announcement dated July 4, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or catch-index data report. No Daily Catch Index, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition percentages are present in this document.
The key actual numbers reported are as follows. The cumulative Copper River Miles Lake sonar count through July 3 is 396,740 fish, below the 444,991 fish expected by that date based on historical timing applied to the 2026 inriver goal, and the 0600 count on July 4 was 4,134 fish. The Copper River Delta aerial survey for the week ending July 4 counted 44,600 sockeye salmon against an anticipated range of 28,229 to 66,722, and cumulative commercial harvest to date is 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Bering River Delta survey count for the week ending July 4 was 14,175 sockeye versus an anticipated range of 11,015 to 24,232. Preliminary Eshamy District harvest for the 36-hour period starting July 2 was 36,400 sockeye and 7,900 chum with 362 deliveries, while the Coghill District 24-hour period yielded an estimated 5,350 chum and 3,100 sockeye with 71 deliveries. The Montague Port Chalmers 48-hour period ending July 1 produced an estimated 11,800 chum with 41 deliveries, against a season forecast of 840,000 chum returns to that subdistrict.
PWS
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #22
July 04, 2026 at 05:07 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #22 - July 4, 2026
This is an escapement and harvest update for the Naknek-Kvichak and Egegik districts dated July 4, 2026, covering data from July 3. On July 3, the Naknek River escapement was 55,000 for a season total of 372,000, the Alagnak River escapement was 78,000 for a season total of 253,000 (within escapement goal), the Kvichak River escapement was 153,000 for a season total of 1.0 million, and the Kvichak inriver estimate stands at 200,000 fish. Estimated harvest on July 3 was 350,000 fish, with 234 vessels currently registered and 248 expected within 48 hours. Naknek River escapement is tracking the lower bound of the escapement goal curve under average run timing, but Port Moller Test Fish indices indicate early run timing, and escapement is projected to fall below the goal if the run arrives 2 days earlier than average. The Kvichak River is currently projected to exceed the lower bound of its escapement goal. No genetic stock composition data was included in this report.
Bristol Bay
This is an escapement and harvest update for the Naknek-Kvichak and Egegik districts dated July 4, 2026, covering data from July 3. On July 3, the Naknek River escapement was 55,000 for a season total of 372,000, the Alagnak River escapement was 78,000 for a season total of 253,000 (within escapement goal), the Kvichak River escapement was 153,000 for a season total of 1.0 million, and the Kvichak inriver estimate stands at 200,000 fish. Estimated harvest on July 3 was 350,000 fish, with 234 vessels currently registered and 248 expected within 48 hours. Naknek River escapement is tracking the lower bound of the escapement goal curve under average run timing, but Port Moller Test Fish indices indicate early run timing, and escapement is projected to fall below the goal if the run arrives 2 days earlier than average. The Kvichak River is currently projected to exceed the lower bound of its escapement goal. No genetic stock composition data was included in this report.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Catch Update #24, July 3, 2026
July 04, 2026 at 06:35 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #24 - July 3, 2026
Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 24, July 3, 2026: The Daily Catch Index was 21, down sharply from 70 on July 2 and 69 on July 1, continuing a declining trend at the transect over the past several days. Inclement weather limited coverage to Stations 6 through 20 only, with Stations 2, 4, 22, and 24 not fished. Station 6 was the high station at an index of 132, followed by Station 8 at 42, while Stations 10 and 12 each registered 2, Stations 18 and 20 registered 2 and 4 respectively, and Stations 14 and 16 were zero. The seasonal mean station indices through July 3 are S2: 6, S4: 4, S6: 28, S8: 299, S10: 114, S12: 124, with lower values at outer stations; season totals show 3,044 fish (54%) on the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,557 (46%) on the 5.125-inch mesh, with mean lengths of 511 mm and 530 mm respectively. The authors note the migration rate at the transect is subsiding and suggest inshore C+E should strengthen in coming days if it tracks the Port Moller pattern. No stock composition data were available for July 3; the July 2-3 composition results are expected to be released July 4-5.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 24, July 3, 2026: The Daily Catch Index was 21, down sharply from 70 on July 2 and 69 on July 1, continuing a declining trend at the transect over the past several days. Inclement weather limited coverage to Stations 6 through 20 only, with Stations 2, 4, 22, and 24 not fished. Station 6 was the high station at an index of 132, followed by Station 8 at 42, while Stations 10 and 12 each registered 2, Stations 18 and 20 registered 2 and 4 respectively, and Stations 14 and 16 were zero. The seasonal mean station indices through July 3 are S2: 6, S4: 4, S6: 28, S8: 299, S10: 114, S12: 124, with lower values at outer stations; season totals show 3,044 fish (54%) on the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,557 (46%) on the 5.125-inch mesh, with mean lengths of 511 mm and 530 mm respectively. The authors note the migration rate at the transect is subsiding and suggest inshore C+E should strengthen in coming days if it tracks the Port Moller pattern. No stock composition data were available for July 3; the July 2-3 composition results are expected to be released July 4-5.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak and WRSHA Fishing
July 03, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 20 - July 3, 2026
In the Nushagak District, drift gillnets open Friday July 3 from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., then Saturday July 4 from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and again 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; set gillnets in the Nushagak Section are extended to 11:00 p.m. Saturday July 4; and drift gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area are extended to 6:00 p.m. Saturday July 4. Nushagak District sockeye cumulative harvest is 4.3 million (506,000 yesterday), Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement is 2.8 million (150,000 yesterday), and Wood River sockeye cumulative escapement is 1.9 million (54,000 yesterday). Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 26,184 (538 yesterday), with projected end-of-season sonar passage of 37,120, well below the 95,000 inriver run goal, so king salmon conservation measures remain in effect.
Bristol Bay
In the Nushagak District, drift gillnets open Friday July 3 from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., then Saturday July 4 from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and again 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; set gillnets in the Nushagak Section are extended to 11:00 p.m. Saturday July 4; and drift gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area are extended to 6:00 p.m. Saturday July 4. Nushagak District sockeye cumulative harvest is 4.3 million (506,000 yesterday), Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement is 2.8 million (150,000 yesterday), and Wood River sockeye cumulative escapement is 1.9 million (54,000 yesterday). Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 26,184 (538 yesterday), with projected end-of-season sonar passage of 37,120, well below the 95,000 inriver run goal, so king salmon conservation measures remain in effect.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #21
July 03, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #21 - July 3, 2026
Naknek-Kvichak escapements stand at 340,000 Naknek River, 270,000 Alagnak River, 960,000 Kvichak River (400,000 inriver), with a July 2 harvest of 214,000 fish; the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet and the full district to set gillnet 3:30–9:00 p.m. July 3 and again 4:30–10:00 p.m. July 4. Egegik River escapement is 1 million (100,000 inriver) with a July 2 harvest of 435,000 fish; the district opens to drift gillnet 1:30–6:30 a.m. and 2:00–7:00 p.m. July 4, and to set gillnet 2:00–10:00 a.m. and 2:30–10:30 p.m. July 4. Ugashik River escapement is 120,000 (200,000 inriver) with a July 2 harvest of 307,000 fish; the district opens to drift gillnet 1:00–9:00 p.m. July 4 and to set gillnet 1:00 p.m. July 4 through 1:00 a.m. July 5.
Bristol Bay
Naknek-Kvichak escapements stand at 340,000 Naknek River, 270,000 Alagnak River, 960,000 Kvichak River (400,000 inriver), with a July 2 harvest of 214,000 fish; the Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet and the full district to set gillnet 3:30–9:00 p.m. July 3 and again 4:30–10:00 p.m. July 4. Egegik River escapement is 1 million (100,000 inriver) with a July 2 harvest of 435,000 fish; the district opens to drift gillnet 1:30–6:30 a.m. and 2:00–7:00 p.m. July 4, and to set gillnet 2:00–10:00 a.m. and 2:30–10:30 p.m. July 4. Ugashik River escapement is 120,000 (200,000 inriver) with a July 2 harvest of 307,000 fish; the district opens to drift gillnet 1:00–9:00 p.m. July 4 and to set gillnet 1:00 p.m. July 4 through 1:00 a.m. July 5.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 13
July 03, 2026 at 06:03 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #13 - July 3, 2026
The current fishing period in the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District is extended 72 hours, from 9:00 p.m. Friday July 3 to 9:00 p.m. Monday July 6. A 57-hour commercial salmon period runs from noon Monday July 6 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8 in the Northwest, Northeast (Buskin River Section remains closed), Eastside, and Mainland Districts, and the Afognak District (Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, Inner and Outer Kitoi Bay sections remain closed). The Foul Bay Special Harvest Area closes to commercial salmon fishing at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8. Purse seine gear in the Kodiak Area may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater until further notice.
Kodiak
The current fishing period in the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District is extended 72 hours, from 9:00 p.m. Friday July 3 to 9:00 p.m. Monday July 6. A 57-hour commercial salmon period runs from noon Monday July 6 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8 in the Northwest, Northeast (Buskin River Section remains closed), Eastside, and Mainland Districts, and the Afognak District (Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, Inner and Outer Kitoi Bay sections remain closed). The Foul Bay Special Harvest Area closes to commercial salmon fishing at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday July 8. Purse seine gear in the Kodiak Area may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater until further notice.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #23, July 2, 2026
July 03, 2026 at 05:15 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - July 2, 2026
Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 23, July 2, 2026: the Daily Catch Index dropped sharply to 19, down from 69 on July 1 and 59 on June 30, representing a significant single-day decline. Station 8 was the highest of the day at an index of 115, followed by Station 6 at 41, Station 4 at 34, Station 2 at 17, Station 10 at 9, Stations 16 and 12 at 4 each, and Stations 14, 18, and 20 all at 0; Stations 22 and 24 were not fished. The season-to-date mean station indices are led by Station 12 at 130 and Station 10 at 119, reflecting where the bulk of fish have been concentrated through the season. No genetic stock composition data is included in this update; results for July 2-3 samples are expected to be released July 4-5. The authors note the drop-off should not be cause for concern, stating their estimation is that a large number of sockeye remain between the transect and the fishing districts. The cumulative seasonal raw catch totals 3,012 fish in the 4.5-inch mesh net (55%) and 2,493 in the 5.125-inch mesh net (45%), with mean net lengths of 492 mm and 530 mm respectively.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 23, July 2, 2026: the Daily Catch Index dropped sharply to 19, down from 69 on July 1 and 59 on June 30, representing a significant single-day decline. Station 8 was the highest of the day at an index of 115, followed by Station 6 at 41, Station 4 at 34, Station 2 at 17, Station 10 at 9, Stations 16 and 12 at 4 each, and Stations 14, 18, and 20 all at 0; Stations 22 and 24 were not fished. The season-to-date mean station indices are led by Station 12 at 130 and Station 10 at 119, reflecting where the bulk of fish have been concentrated through the season. No genetic stock composition data is included in this update; results for July 2-3 samples are expected to be released July 4-5. The authors note the drop-off should not be cause for concern, stating their estimation is that a large number of sockeye remain between the transect and the fishing districts. The cumulative seasonal raw catch totals 3,012 fish in the 4.5-inch mesh net (55%) and 2,493 in the 5.125-inch mesh net (45%), with mean net lengths of 492 mm and 530 mm respectively.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #20
July 03, 2026 at 04:03 AM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #20 Emergency Order 28 - July 2, 2026
The Naknek River escapement is 300,000, the Alagnak River escapement is 235,000, the Kvichak River escapement is 830,000, and the Kvichak inriver estimate is 300,000 fish as of July 2. The Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet gear and the full Naknek-Kvichak District opens to set gillnet gear for a 5.5-hour period from 3:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, July 3.
Bristol Bay
The Naknek River escapement is 300,000, the Alagnak River escapement is 235,000, the Kvichak River escapement is 830,000, and the Kvichak inriver estimate is 300,000 fish as of July 2. The Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet gear and the full Naknek-Kvichak District opens to set gillnet gear for a 5.5-hour period from 3:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, July 3.
Bristol Bay
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 11
July 03, 2026 at 12:24 AM
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 11 - July 2, 2026
Drift gillnets are open district-wide in the Central District (excluding Chinitna Bay Subdistrict) from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2026. The Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections receive an extended period from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. that same day. Drift gillnet fishing is prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan.
Cook Inlet
Drift gillnets are open district-wide in the Central District (excluding Chinitna Bay Subdistrict) from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2026. The Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections receive an extended period from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. that same day. Drift gillnet fishing is prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan.
Cook Inlet
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary June 30-July 1, 2026 – All Stations
July 02, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary June 30-July 1, 2026 – All Stations - July 2, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covers June 30 through July 1, 2026, issued July 2, 2026. A total of 647 fish were sampled, of which 190 were analyzed and 187 had adequate data for inclusion in the analysis. The dominant reporting group was Kvichak at 28.7% (90% CI: 20.1–38.0%), followed by Ugashik at 22.1% (13.7–30.7%), Wood at 14.1% (8.7–20.1%), Egegik at 13.1% (6.4–21.2%), Alagnak at 10.8% (0.0–19.9%), Nushagak at 5.6% (0.0–15.2%), Naknek at 4.3% (0.0–9.6%), and North Peninsula at 0.8%, with Igushik, Kuskokwim, and Togiak each at 0.3% or below. Kvichak's leading share alongside a meaningful Ugashik contribution suggests a mix of central and southern Bristol Bay-origin fish in the approaching run. The relatively small number of fish analyzed (187) compared to those sampled (647) means the confidence intervals are wide, particularly for Alagnak and Nushagak, and estimates for those groups should be interpreted with caution.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covers June 30 through July 1, 2026, issued July 2, 2026. A total of 647 fish were sampled, of which 190 were analyzed and 187 had adequate data for inclusion in the analysis. The dominant reporting group was Kvichak at 28.7% (90% CI: 20.1–38.0%), followed by Ugashik at 22.1% (13.7–30.7%), Wood at 14.1% (8.7–20.1%), Egegik at 13.1% (6.4–21.2%), Alagnak at 10.8% (0.0–19.9%), Nushagak at 5.6% (0.0–15.2%), Naknek at 4.3% (0.0–9.6%), and North Peninsula at 0.8%, with Igushik, Kuskokwim, and Togiak each at 0.3% or below. Kvichak's leading share alongside a meaningful Ugashik contribution suggests a mix of central and southern Bristol Bay-origin fish in the approaching run. The relatively small number of fish analyzed (187) compared to those sampled (647) means the confidence intervals are wide, particularly for Alagnak and Nushagak, and estimates for those groups should be interpreted with caution.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #8- Samples from June 30-July 1, 2026
July 02, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition - Stock Comp. Estimate #8 - June 30-July 1, 2026
This is the 8th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering June 30 through July 1, 2026, reported as of July 2. A total of 647 fish were sampled across Stations 2 through 24, of which 190 were analyzed and 187 had adequate data for inclusion in the genetic analysis. The dominant stock in this estimate is Kvichak at 28.7%, followed by Ugashik at 22.1%, Wood at 14.1%, Egegik at 13.1%, Alagnak at 10.8%, Nushagak at 5.6%, Naknek at 4.3%, North Peninsula at 0.8%, Igushik at 0.2%, Togiak at 0.1%, and Kuskokwim at 0.3%. Kvichak carries a 90% confidence interval of 20.1% to 38.0%, and Ugashik ranges from 13.7% to 30.7%, indicating meaningful uncertainty around those two leading groups. The linked daily index PDF partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index (averaged from Stations 2 through 24) by district based on these genetic composition estimates, but specific index values or per-station catch numbers were not extractable from the PDF content provided. No explicit trend comparison to prior estimates or run-strength caveat was stated by the authors in this release beyond the data presented.
Bristol Bay
This is the 8th stock composition estimate from the Port Moller Test Fishery, covering June 30 through July 1, 2026, reported as of July 2. A total of 647 fish were sampled across Stations 2 through 24, of which 190 were analyzed and 187 had adequate data for inclusion in the genetic analysis. The dominant stock in this estimate is Kvichak at 28.7%, followed by Ugashik at 22.1%, Wood at 14.1%, Egegik at 13.1%, Alagnak at 10.8%, Nushagak at 5.6%, Naknek at 4.3%, North Peninsula at 0.8%, Igushik at 0.2%, Togiak at 0.1%, and Kuskokwim at 0.3%. Kvichak carries a 90% confidence interval of 20.1% to 38.0%, and Ugashik ranges from 13.7% to 30.7%, indicating meaningful uncertainty around those two leading groups. The linked daily index PDF partitions the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index (averaged from Stations 2 through 24) by district based on these genetic composition estimates, but specific index values or per-station catch numbers were not extractable from the PDF content provided. No explicit trend comparison to prior estimates or run-strength caveat was stated by the authors in this release beyond the data presented.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #19
July 02, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #19 Emergency Order 27 - July 2, 2026
This is an advisory announcement dated July 2, 2026, not a test-fishery data report with catch indices or genetic stock composition figures. The key numbers reported are as follows. In the Egegik District, total escapement stands at 840,000 fish with an inriver estimate of 150,000 fish, and the July 1 harvest was 478,000 fish. In the Ugashik District, total escapement is 42,000 fish, inriver test fish indices show a large amount of passage not yet reaching the counting tower, and the July 1 harvest was 362,000 fish. No daily catch index, per-station index, or genetic stock composition data are present in this document. The department notes it is collecting additional information from July 2 harvests and assessment projects in the Ugashik District, and short-notice announcements are possible.
Bristol Bay
This is an advisory announcement dated July 2, 2026, not a test-fishery data report with catch indices or genetic stock composition figures. The key numbers reported are as follows. In the Egegik District, total escapement stands at 840,000 fish with an inriver estimate of 150,000 fish, and the July 1 harvest was 478,000 fish. In the Ugashik District, total escapement is 42,000 fish, inriver test fish indices show a large amount of passage not yet reaching the counting tower, and the July 1 harvest was 362,000 fish. No daily catch index, per-station index, or genetic stock composition data are present in this document. The department notes it is collecting additional information from July 2 harvests and assessment projects in the Ugashik District, and short-notice announcements are possible.
Bristol Bay
Lower Cook Inlet, July 2 - Kamishak, Southern, and Eastern districts
July 02, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Lower Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #8 - July 2, 2026
The Chenik Subdistrict (Kamishak District) opens for two 14-hour periods on July 7 (8:00 AM–10:00 PM) and July 8 (8:00 AM–10:00 PM); an aerial survey on July 1 counted over 30,000 sockeye in Chenik Lagoon. The remaining Kamishak District subdistricts (excluding McNeil River, Paint River, and Kirschner Lake SHA) open 24/7 starting 12:01 AM July 7. In the Southern District, set gillnet periods continue on the regular Monday/Thursday 48-hour schedule; cumulative set gillnet harvest through period 9 (June 29–July 1) is 8,773 sockeye, 133 Chinook, 43 chum, 717 pink, and 3 coho, while purse seine harvest through July 1 is approximately 30,500 sockeye, 50 Chinook, 110 chum, 50 pink, and 1 coho. The Resurrection Bay Subdistrict (Eastern District) remains open Monday–Friday 6:00 AM–10:00 PM and closes permanently for the 2026 season at 10:00 PM on July 10.
Cook Inlet
The Chenik Subdistrict (Kamishak District) opens for two 14-hour periods on July 7 (8:00 AM–10:00 PM) and July 8 (8:00 AM–10:00 PM); an aerial survey on July 1 counted over 30,000 sockeye in Chenik Lagoon. The remaining Kamishak District subdistricts (excluding McNeil River, Paint River, and Kirschner Lake SHA) open 24/7 starting 12:01 AM July 7. In the Southern District, set gillnet periods continue on the regular Monday/Thursday 48-hour schedule; cumulative set gillnet harvest through period 9 (June 29–July 1) is 8,773 sockeye, 133 Chinook, 43 chum, 717 pink, and 3 coho, while purse seine harvest through July 1 is approximately 30,500 sockeye, 50 Chinook, 110 chum, 50 pink, and 1 coho. The Resurrection Bay Subdistrict (Eastern District) remains open Monday–Friday 6:00 AM–10:00 PM and closes permanently for the 2026 season at 10:00 PM on July 10.
Cook Inlet
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #18
July 02, 2026 at 08:11 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #18 - July 2, 2026
Naknek-Kvichak District permit holders should stand by for the next announcement at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2. As of noon July 2, total escapement stands at 273,000 on the Naknek River (9,000 fish from midnight to 11:00 a.m.), 203,000 on the Alagnak, and 742,000 on the Kvichak with an inriver estimate of 300,000. There was no fishing on July 1, and this morning's period produced a relatively small harvest. Naknek River escapement is tracking the lower bound of the goal curve with concern it may return below the 3.89 million forecast, while the Kvichak is projecting to exceed its lower escapement bound.
Bristol Bay
Naknek-Kvichak District permit holders should stand by for the next announcement at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2. As of noon July 2, total escapement stands at 273,000 on the Naknek River (9,000 fish from midnight to 11:00 a.m.), 203,000 on the Alagnak, and 742,000 on the Kvichak with an inriver estimate of 300,000. There was no fishing on July 1, and this morning's period produced a relatively small harvest. Naknek River escapement is tracking the lower bound of the goal curve with concern it may return below the 3.89 million forecast, while the Kvichak is projecting to exceed its lower escapement bound.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak and WRSHA Openings
July 02, 2026 at 08:01 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 19 - July 2, 2026
Nushagak District drift gillnet fishing closes at 12:30 p.m. July 2, reopens 4:00 p.m. July 2 to 12:30 a.m. July 3, then opens again 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to midnight July 3. Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section are extended until 9:00 p.m. July 3, and drift gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area are extended until 6:00 p.m. July 3. Nushagak District cumulative sockeye harvest is 3.8 million, with 925,000 taken yesterday; Nushagak River cumulative king salmon escapement is 25,646 with a projected end-of-season passage of 38,609, well below the 95,000 inriver goal. Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement is 2.6 million; Wood River sockeye cumulative escapement is 1.9 million.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak District drift gillnet fishing closes at 12:30 p.m. July 2, reopens 4:00 p.m. July 2 to 12:30 a.m. July 3, then opens again 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to midnight July 3. Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section are extended until 9:00 p.m. July 3, and drift gillnets in the Wood River Special Harvest Area are extended until 6:00 p.m. July 3. Nushagak District cumulative sockeye harvest is 3.8 million, with 925,000 taken yesterday; Nushagak River cumulative king salmon escapement is 25,646 with a projected end-of-season passage of 38,609, well below the 95,000 inriver goal. Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement is 2.6 million; Wood River sockeye cumulative escapement is 1.9 million.
Bristol Bay
Togiak Update
July 02, 2026 at 05:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 18 - July 2, 2026
Togiak District commercial fishing: Togiak Bay Section closes at 9:00 p.m. Saturday, July 4; the Matogak, Osviak, and Cape Peirce Sections close at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, July 4. All sections reopen at 9:00 a.m. Monday, July 6. No gear type restrictions were specified.
Bristol Bay
Togiak District commercial fishing: Togiak Bay Section closes at 9:00 p.m. Saturday, July 4; the Matogak, Osviak, and Cape Peirce Sections close at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, July 4. All sections reopen at 9:00 a.m. Monday, July 6. No gear type restrictions were specified.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Catch Update #22, July 1, 2026
July 02, 2026 at 05:09 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #22 - July 1, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #22, dated July 1, 2026, reports a Daily Catch Index of 69, up from 59 on June 30 and continuing a multi-day rising trend. The strongest stations on July 1 were S6 at index 278 and S8 at 277, with S4 at 192 and S10 at 50; outer stations S12 through S24 were all in single digits. Season-to-date mean station indices show S8 leading at 136 and S6 at 101, with cumulative totals split 55% (2,942 fish) from the 4.5-inch mesh and 45% (2,445 fish) from the 5.125-inch mesh, at mean lengths of 512 mm and 530 mm respectively. The report author states that continued strength at the test fishery further increases the probability the run will meet or exceed the preseason forecast, and a second ADF&G age composition report has been released. No genetic stock composition data was available for this update; the June 30 through July 1 stock composition estimate was stated to be pending release the following day.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #22, dated July 1, 2026, reports a Daily Catch Index of 69, up from 59 on June 30 and continuing a multi-day rising trend. The strongest stations on July 1 were S6 at index 278 and S8 at 277, with S4 at 192 and S10 at 50; outer stations S12 through S24 were all in single digits. Season-to-date mean station indices show S8 leading at 136 and S6 at 101, with cumulative totals split 55% (2,942 fish) from the 4.5-inch mesh and 45% (2,445 fish) from the 5.125-inch mesh, at mean lengths of 512 mm and 530 mm respectively. The report author states that continued strength at the test fishery further increases the probability the run will meet or exceed the preseason forecast, and a second ADF&G age composition report has been released. No genetic stock composition data was available for this update; the June 30 through July 1 stock composition estimate was stated to be pending release the following day.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #17
July 01, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #17 - July 1, 2026
This document is an emergency order / open-close advisory for the Egegik and Ugashik districts dated July 1, 2026, not a test-fishery or fishery data report. The figures it contains are operational: Egegik River total escapement of 700,000 fish with an inriver estimate of 100,000 fish and a June 30 harvest of 559,000 fish; Ugashik River total escapement of 24,000 fish with a June 30 harvest of 314,000 fish. No Daily Catch Index, per-station test-fishery indices, genetic stock composition data, sample sizes, or run-timing trend analysis are present in this document.
Bristol Bay
This document is an emergency order / open-close advisory for the Egegik and Ugashik districts dated July 1, 2026, not a test-fishery or fishery data report. The figures it contains are operational: Egegik River total escapement of 700,000 fish with an inriver estimate of 100,000 fish and a June 30 harvest of 559,000 fish; Ugashik River total escapement of 24,000 fish with a June 30 harvest of 314,000 fish. No Daily Catch Index, per-station test-fishery indices, genetic stock composition data, sample sizes, or run-timing trend analysis are present in this document.
Bristol Bay
Lower Cook Inlet, July 1 - Southern District, Coal Point Closed Waters
July 01, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Lower Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #7 - July 1, 2026
Effective 10:00 PM Wednesday July 1, a one-mile square area near Coal Point at the end of the Homer Spit in the Southern District is closed to commercial purse seine salmon harvest until further notice. The Halibut Cove Subdistrict, Tutka Bay Subdistrict (excluding Tutka Bay Hatchery SHA), and the Neptune Bay and China Poot Bay sections (excluding Hazel Lake and China Poot SHAs) remain open on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule with 16-hour periods beginning at 6:00 AM. The Northshore Subdistrict and all other Southern District areas remain closed to commercial purse seine salmon harvest.
Cook Inlet
Effective 10:00 PM Wednesday July 1, a one-mile square area near Coal Point at the end of the Homer Spit in the Southern District is closed to commercial purse seine salmon harvest until further notice. The Halibut Cove Subdistrict, Tutka Bay Subdistrict (excluding Tutka Bay Hatchery SHA), and the Neptune Bay and China Poot Bay sections (excluding Hazel Lake and China Poot SHAs) remain open on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule with 16-hour periods beginning at 6:00 AM. The Northshore Subdistrict and all other Southern District areas remain closed to commercial purse seine salmon harvest.
Cook Inlet
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #15
July 01, 2026 at 08:26 PM
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #15 - July 1, 2026
This document is a PWS and Copper River salmon fishery management announcement dated July 1, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or fishery data report. It contains no Bristol Bay Daily Catch Index, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition data.
The figures it does contain are specific to the Copper River and PWS: the cumulative Miles Lake sonar count through June 30 was 346,177 fish against a historical-timing expectation of 419,739 fish, and the July 1 0600 count was 3,362 fish. Cumulative commercial harvest to date was 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Copper River Delta aerial survey for the week ending June 27 counted 16,970 sockeye against an anticipated range of 17,627 to 41,665, and the Bering River Delta survey counted 1,850 sockeye against an anticipated range of 6,092 to 13,402. Recent Eshamy District preliminary harvests were 62,600 sockeye, 7,700 chum, and 432 pink salmon from the 36-hour period starting June 29, and the Coghill District 24-hour period starting June 29 yielded an estimated 9,500 chum and 2,400 sockeye.
PWS
This document is a PWS and Copper River salmon fishery management announcement dated July 1, 2026, not a Bristol Bay test-fishery or fishery data report. It contains no Bristol Bay Daily Catch Index, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition data.
The figures it does contain are specific to the Copper River and PWS: the cumulative Miles Lake sonar count through June 30 was 346,177 fish against a historical-timing expectation of 419,739 fish, and the July 1 0600 count was 3,362 fish. Cumulative commercial harvest to date was 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Copper River Delta aerial survey for the week ending June 27 counted 16,970 sockeye against an anticipated range of 17,627 to 41,665, and the Bering River Delta survey counted 1,850 sockeye against an anticipated range of 6,092 to 13,402. Recent Eshamy District preliminary harvests were 62,600 sockeye, 7,700 chum, and 432 pink salmon from the 36-hour period starting June 29, and the Coghill District 24-hour period starting June 29 yielded an estimated 9,500 chum and 2,400 sockeye.
PWS
Nushagak Openings WRSHA
July 01, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 17 - July 1, 2026
In the Nushagak District, drift gillnets open July 1 from 4:30–11:00 p.m., then July 2 from 5:00–12:30 a.m. and again 4:00 p.m. July 2 to 12:30 a.m. July 3; set gillnets in the Nushagak Section open July 1 at 2:00 p.m. and are extended to 3:00 p.m. July 2. In the Wood River Special Harvest Area, set gillnets close at 3:00 p.m. July 1, and drift gillnets open July 1 at 5:00 p.m. through July 2 at 6:00 p.m. (25 hours) due to drift gear running behind its cumulative allocation (currently 72% drift, 28% set). Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 445,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.9 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 217,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.5 million, and Wood River daily sockeye escapement was 135,000 for a cumulative 1.75 million. King salmon conservation measures remain in effect, with the Nushagak sonar projecting only 34,651 kings against an inriver goal of 95,000.
Bristol Bay
In the Nushagak District, drift gillnets open July 1 from 4:30–11:00 p.m., then July 2 from 5:00–12:30 a.m. and again 4:00 p.m. July 2 to 12:30 a.m. July 3; set gillnets in the Nushagak Section open July 1 at 2:00 p.m. and are extended to 3:00 p.m. July 2. In the Wood River Special Harvest Area, set gillnets close at 3:00 p.m. July 1, and drift gillnets open July 1 at 5:00 p.m. through July 2 at 6:00 p.m. (25 hours) due to drift gear running behind its cumulative allocation (currently 72% drift, 28% set). Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 445,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.9 million; Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 217,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.5 million, and Wood River daily sockeye escapement was 135,000 for a cumulative 1.75 million. King salmon conservation measures remain in effect, with the Nushagak sonar projecting only 34,651 kings against an inriver goal of 95,000.
Bristol Bay
UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL FISHING ANNOUNCEMENT No. 10
July 01, 2026 at 06:06 PM
Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 10 - July 1, 2026
Drift gillnet fishing is open in the Central District's Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections only from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, 2026. As a reminder, a district-wide opener (excluding Chinitna Bay Subdistrict) ran Thursday, July 2 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with the Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections extended to 11:00 p.m. that same day. Due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan, drift gillnet fishing is prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline for all these openings.
Cook Inlet
Drift gillnet fishing is open in the Central District's Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections only from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, 2026. As a reminder, a district-wide opener (excluding Chinitna Bay Subdistrict) ran Thursday, July 2 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with the Expanded Kasilof and Anchor Point sections extended to 11:00 p.m. that same day. Due to the Kenai River Late-run King Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan, drift gillnet fishing is prohibited within 2 miles of the Kenai Peninsula shoreline for all these openings.
Cook Inlet
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #16
July 01, 2026 at 05:06 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #16 Emergency Order 24 - July 1, 2026
The Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet gear and the Naknek-Kvichak District opens to set gillnet gear for 9 hours from 2:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 2. As of July 1, Naknek River escapement is 253,000, Alagnak River escapement is 95,000, Kvichak River escapement is 460,000, and the Kvichak inriver estimate is 300,000 fish. June 30 harvest was an estimated 230,000 fish.
Bristol Bay
The Kvichak Section opens to drift gillnet gear and the Naknek-Kvichak District opens to set gillnet gear for 9 hours from 2:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 2. As of July 1, Naknek River escapement is 253,000, Alagnak River escapement is 95,000, Kvichak River escapement is 460,000, and the Kvichak inriver estimate is 300,000 fish. June 30 harvest was an estimated 230,000 fish.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Catch Update #21, June 30, 2026
July 01, 2026 at 06:22 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - June 30, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Daily Catch Index for June 30, 2026 was 59, rebounding after a couple of weather-impaired days; the strongest individual station was S10 at 244, followed by S8 at 182 and S6 at 139, while outer stations S14, S18, and S22 were essentially zero. The raw catch table shows the June 30 4.5-inch mesh mean length at 507 mm and 5.125-inch mesh mean length at 528 mm, with combined station indices totaling 2,710 fathom-sets for the 4.5-inch mesh (54%) and 2,266 for the 5.125-inch mesh (46%) across the season to date. Using an 8-to-9-day travel time, the authors estimate 50% of cumulative catch-plus-escapement will reach inshore districts around July 2-3, placing the projected total Bristol Bay run at 41 to 47 million fish. No genetic stock composition data for June 30 is available yet; the authors state that the June 30-July 1 composition results should be released July 2 or 3. Based on prior composition data, the authors interpret that Nushagak and Egegik districts should build over the coming days before tapering, while Naknek-Kvichak is expected to continue strengthening at least through July 5. The historical comparison document shows 2026 inshore catch-plus-escapement data are still accumulating and no final run total is yet assigned to 2026.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Daily Catch Index for June 30, 2026 was 59, rebounding after a couple of weather-impaired days; the strongest individual station was S10 at 244, followed by S8 at 182 and S6 at 139, while outer stations S14, S18, and S22 were essentially zero. The raw catch table shows the June 30 4.5-inch mesh mean length at 507 mm and 5.125-inch mesh mean length at 528 mm, with combined station indices totaling 2,710 fathom-sets for the 4.5-inch mesh (54%) and 2,266 for the 5.125-inch mesh (46%) across the season to date. Using an 8-to-9-day travel time, the authors estimate 50% of cumulative catch-plus-escapement will reach inshore districts around July 2-3, placing the projected total Bristol Bay run at 41 to 47 million fish. No genetic stock composition data for June 30 is available yet; the authors state that the June 30-July 1 composition results should be released July 2 or 3. Based on prior composition data, the authors interpret that Nushagak and Egegik districts should build over the coming days before tapering, while Naknek-Kvichak is expected to continue strengthening at least through July 5. The historical comparison document shows 2026 inshore catch-plus-escapement data are still accumulating and no final run total is yet assigned to 2026.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary June 28-29, 2026 – All Stations
July 01, 2026 at 04:09 AM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary June 28-29, 2026 – All Stations - June 30, 2026
For the Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covering June 28-29, 2026, a total of 443 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 provided adequate data for inclusion in the analysis. The dominant stock was Kvichak at 29.1% (90% CI: 20.0–38.8%), followed by Ugashik at 20.0% (10.0–31.7%), Egegik at 17.4% (7.8–26.6%), Wood at 14.5% (7.2–22.2%), Alagnak at 8.0% (3.5–13.3%), Nushagak at 4.6% (0.0–12.0%), Igushik at 3.4% (0.0–11.0%), and Naknek at 1.7% (0.0–6.8%). North Peninsula, Kuskokwim, and Togiak were each estimated at 1% or below. The relatively wide confidence intervals on several stocks, particularly Ugashik, Egegik, and Nushagak, reflect the modest sample size of 188 fish with adequate data and should be interpreted with caution. No daily catch index, per-station catch figures, or prior-day trend comparisons are included in this report, which covers stock composition only.
Bristol Bay
For the Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report covering June 28-29, 2026, a total of 443 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 provided adequate data for inclusion in the analysis. The dominant stock was Kvichak at 29.1% (90% CI: 20.0–38.8%), followed by Ugashik at 20.0% (10.0–31.7%), Egegik at 17.4% (7.8–26.6%), Wood at 14.5% (7.2–22.2%), Alagnak at 8.0% (3.5–13.3%), Nushagak at 4.6% (0.0–12.0%), Igushik at 3.4% (0.0–11.0%), and Naknek at 1.7% (0.0–6.8%). North Peninsula, Kuskokwim, and Togiak were each estimated at 1% or below. The relatively wide confidence intervals on several stocks, particularly Ugashik, Egegik, and Nushagak, reflect the modest sample size of 188 fish with adequate data and should be interpreted with caution. No daily catch index, per-station catch figures, or prior-day trend comparisons are included in this report, which covers stock composition only.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #7 - Samples from June 28-29, 2026
July 01, 2026 at 04:04 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition - Stock Comp. Estimate #7 - June 28-29, 2026
Stock Composition Estimate 7 covers June 28-29, 2026, from Stations 2-24 of the Port Moller Test Fishery. A total of 443 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Kvichak at 29.1% (90% CI: 20.0-38.8%), followed by Ugashik at 20.0% (10.0-31.7%), Egegik at 17.4% (7.8-26.6%), Wood at 14.5% (7.2-22.2%), Alagnak at 8.0% (3.5-13.3%), Nushagak at 4.6% (0.0-12.0%), Naknek at 1.7% (0.0-6.8%), Igushik at 3.4% (0.0-11.0%), Togiak at 0.2% (0.0-1.1%), Kuskokwim at 0.6% (0.0-2.8%), and North Peninsula at 0.6% (0.0-2.8%). The linked daily index PDF describes the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index averaged from Stations 2-24 and parsed by district based on genetic stock composition estimates, along with observed catch-plus-escapement parsed by district, but no specific index numbers were extractable from the PDF text provided. The genetics report was produced by the ADF&G Division of Commercial Fisheries Gene Conservation Laboratory and reported as of June 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM.
Bristol Bay
Stock Composition Estimate 7 covers June 28-29, 2026, from Stations 2-24 of the Port Moller Test Fishery. A total of 443 fish were sampled, 190 were analyzed, and 188 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Kvichak at 29.1% (90% CI: 20.0-38.8%), followed by Ugashik at 20.0% (10.0-31.7%), Egegik at 17.4% (7.8-26.6%), Wood at 14.5% (7.2-22.2%), Alagnak at 8.0% (3.5-13.3%), Nushagak at 4.6% (0.0-12.0%), Naknek at 1.7% (0.0-6.8%), Igushik at 3.4% (0.0-11.0%), Togiak at 0.2% (0.0-1.1%), Kuskokwim at 0.6% (0.0-2.8%), and North Peninsula at 0.6% (0.0-2.8%). The linked daily index PDF describes the 2026 Port Moller Daily Catch Index averaged from Stations 2-24 and parsed by district based on genetic stock composition estimates, along with observed catch-plus-escapement parsed by district, but no specific index numbers were extractable from the PDF text provided. The genetics report was produced by the ADF&G Division of Commercial Fisheries Gene Conservation Laboratory and reported as of June 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #15
June 30, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #15 - June 30, 2026
This report, issued June 30, 2026 at 3:00 p.m., covers harvest and escapement data for June 29 across three Eastside Bristol Bay districts. In the Naknek-Kvichak District, the Naknek River total escapement is 198,000 fish, the Kvichak River total escapement is 300,000 fish with an inriver estimate also at 300,000, and June 29 harvest was 194,000 fish. In the Egegik District, total escapement is 520,000 with an inriver estimate of 100,000 fish, and June 29 harvest was 295,000 fish. In the Ugashik District, total escapement is only 4,000 at the counting tower, however inriver test fish indices indicate a large amount of fish passage that has not yet reached the tower, and an aerial survey was being conducted June 30 to assess inriver abundance; June 29 harvest was 330,000 fish. No genetic stock composition data or test-fishery indices are included in this report, and ADF&G explicitly noted that Ugashik tower counts are likely an underestimate given the strong inriver test fish signal.
Bristol Bay
This report, issued June 30, 2026 at 3:00 p.m., covers harvest and escapement data for June 29 across three Eastside Bristol Bay districts. In the Naknek-Kvichak District, the Naknek River total escapement is 198,000 fish, the Kvichak River total escapement is 300,000 fish with an inriver estimate also at 300,000, and June 29 harvest was 194,000 fish. In the Egegik District, total escapement is 520,000 with an inriver estimate of 100,000 fish, and June 29 harvest was 295,000 fish. In the Ugashik District, total escapement is only 4,000 at the counting tower, however inriver test fish indices indicate a large amount of fish passage that has not yet reached the tower, and an aerial survey was being conducted June 30 to assess inriver abundance; June 29 harvest was 330,000 fish. No genetic stock composition data or test-fishery indices are included in this report, and ADF&G explicitly noted that Ugashik tower counts are likely an underestimate given the strong inriver test fish signal.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak Openings WRSHA and Igushik Extensions
June 30, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 16 - June 30, 2026
Nushagak District opens to drift gillnets July 1 from 5:30–11:30 a.m. and 4:30–11:00 p.m., and to set gillnets in the Nushagak section from 2:00–11:30 a.m. and 2:00–11:00 p.m.; set gillnets in the Igushik section remain open until further notice. The Wood River Special Harvest Area set gillnet opening runs until 3:00 p.m. July 1, with gear type for subsequent openings to be determined the following morning. Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 631,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.5 million (73.6% drift, 26.3% set); Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 269,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.3 million, and Wood River sockeye escapement was 410,000 yesterday and 34,000 through 6:00 a.m. today for a cumulative 1.7 million.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak District opens to drift gillnets July 1 from 5:30–11:30 a.m. and 4:30–11:00 p.m., and to set gillnets in the Nushagak section from 2:00–11:30 a.m. and 2:00–11:00 p.m.; set gillnets in the Igushik section remain open until further notice. The Wood River Special Harvest Area set gillnet opening runs until 3:00 p.m. July 1, with gear type for subsequent openings to be determined the following morning. Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 631,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.5 million (73.6% drift, 26.3% set); Nushagak River sockeye escapement was 269,000 yesterday for a cumulative 2.3 million, and Wood River sockeye escapement was 410,000 yesterday and 34,000 through 6:00 a.m. today for a cumulative 1.7 million.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 12
June 30, 2026 at 06:04 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #12 - June 30, 2026
The current commercial salmon fishing period is extended 72 hours in the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District from 9:00 p.m. June 30 to 9:00 p.m. July 3. Duck Bay and Izhut Bay Sections of the Afognak District close at 9:00 p.m. June 30, while Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) and Foul Bay Special Harvest Area remain open until further notice. The Inner and Outer Karluk Sections of the Southwest Kodiak District, the Northwest Kodiak District, and the Southwest Afognak Section remain closed through at least July 5 due to record-low Chinook escapement on the Karluk River, and will only reopen after the early-run sockeye escapement goal of 250,000 fish is exceeded. Throughout the Kodiak Area, purse seine gear may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater.
Kodiak
The current commercial salmon fishing period is extended 72 hours in the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District from 9:00 p.m. June 30 to 9:00 p.m. July 3. Duck Bay and Izhut Bay Sections of the Afognak District close at 9:00 p.m. June 30, while Spiridon Bay Special Harvest Area (Telrod Cove) and Foul Bay Special Harvest Area remain open until further notice. The Inner and Outer Karluk Sections of the Southwest Kodiak District, the Northwest Kodiak District, and the Southwest Afognak Section remain closed through at least July 5 due to record-low Chinook escapement on the Karluk River, and will only reopen after the early-run sockeye escapement goal of 250,000 fish is exceeded. Throughout the Kodiak Area, purse seine gear may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater.
Kodiak
PMTF Catch Update #20, June 29, 2026
June 30, 2026 at 03:27 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update #20 - June 29, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #20, covering June 29, 2026, recorded a Daily Catch Index of 39, down again from recent days and affected by rough seas that caused Stations 2, 4, and 24 to be missed. Among stations that fished, S6 was the highest at 158, followed by S8 at 135, S10 at 51, S12 at 15, S16 at 4, S22 at 4, and S18 at 2, with S14 and S20 at zero. The season-to-date mean station indices are S2: 4, S4: 3, S6: 26, S8: 98, S10: 81, S12: 22, S14: 14, S16: 8, S18: 2, S20: 3, S22: 2, S24: 1, with 4.5-inch mesh accounting for 55% of cumulative catch (2,532 fish) and 5.125-inch mesh 45% (2,104 fish), at mean lengths of 512 mm and 531 mm respectively. The authors explicitly state there is no indication the total run magnitude will be lighter than the preseason forecast, despite the recent declining daily indices. Stock composition results for June 28-29 are pending and expected June 30 or July 1. The first age composition of the season is available: across all sampled groups the dominant age class is 1.3 (ocean-age 3) at 42.64%, followed by 1.2 at 31.93%, 2.3 at 13.96%, 2.2 at 10.98%, and 1.4 at 0.37%, based on a total weighted sample that is broadly consistent with preseason forecasts for most groups.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update #20, covering June 29, 2026, recorded a Daily Catch Index of 39, down again from recent days and affected by rough seas that caused Stations 2, 4, and 24 to be missed. Among stations that fished, S6 was the highest at 158, followed by S8 at 135, S10 at 51, S12 at 15, S16 at 4, S22 at 4, and S18 at 2, with S14 and S20 at zero. The season-to-date mean station indices are S2: 4, S4: 3, S6: 26, S8: 98, S10: 81, S12: 22, S14: 14, S16: 8, S18: 2, S20: 3, S22: 2, S24: 1, with 4.5-inch mesh accounting for 55% of cumulative catch (2,532 fish) and 5.125-inch mesh 45% (2,104 fish), at mean lengths of 512 mm and 531 mm respectively. The authors explicitly state there is no indication the total run magnitude will be lighter than the preseason forecast, despite the recent declining daily indices. Stock composition results for June 28-29 are pending and expected June 30 or July 1. The first age composition of the season is available: across all sampled groups the dominant age class is 1.3 (ocean-age 3) at 42.64%, followed by 1.2 at 31.93%, 2.3 at 13.96%, 2.2 at 10.98%, and 1.4 at 0.37%, based on a total weighted sample that is broadly consistent with preseason forecasts for most groups.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak Openings WRSHA and Igushik Extensions
June 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 15 - June 29, 2026
Nushagak District drift gillnets close at 10:00 p.m. June 29, then reopen June 30 from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Nushagak Section set gillnets also close at 10:00 p.m. June 29, reopen June 30 from 1:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Igushik Section set gillnets are extended 25 hours from 4:30 a.m. June 30 to 5:30 a.m. July 1, and the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended from 2:00 p.m. June 30 to 3:00 p.m. July 1. Nushagak District cumulative sockeye harvest stands at 1.8 million as of June 29, with a daily escapement of 787,000 sockeye on the Nushagak and 454,000 on the Wood River; Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement is 17,150.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak District drift gillnets close at 10:00 p.m. June 29, then reopen June 30 from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Nushagak Section set gillnets also close at 10:00 p.m. June 29, reopen June 30 from 1:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Igushik Section set gillnets are extended 25 hours from 4:30 a.m. June 30 to 5:30 a.m. July 1, and the Wood River Special Harvest Area is extended from 2:00 p.m. June 30 to 3:00 p.m. July 1. Nushagak District cumulative sockeye harvest stands at 1.8 million as of June 29, with a daily escapement of 787,000 sockeye on the Nushagak and 454,000 on the Wood River; Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement is 17,150.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #14
June 29, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #14 - June 29, 2026
This is an open/close advisory announcement, not a test-fishery or fishery data report, so there are no Daily Catch Index figures, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition percentages to report. The document does contain some harvest and escapement figures for June 28 data. Naknek-Kvichak District recorded a harvest of 135,000 fish on June 28, with Naknek River total escapement at 172,000, Kvichak River total escapement at 140,000, and a Kvichak inriver estimate of 350,000 fish. Egegik District harvest on June 28 was 489,000 fish, with total river escapement at 390,000 and an inriver estimate of 50,000. Ugashik District harvest on June 28 was 260,000 fish, with total river escapement at 4,000, though inriver test fish indices indicate a large amount of passage not yet reaching the counting tower. No sample sizes, trend comparisons to prior days, run-timing indices, or genetic stock composition data are present in this document.
Bristol Bay
This is an open/close advisory announcement, not a test-fishery or fishery data report, so there are no Daily Catch Index figures, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition percentages to report. The document does contain some harvest and escapement figures for June 28 data. Naknek-Kvichak District recorded a harvest of 135,000 fish on June 28, with Naknek River total escapement at 172,000, Kvichak River total escapement at 140,000, and a Kvichak inriver estimate of 350,000 fish. Egegik District harvest on June 28 was 489,000 fish, with total river escapement at 390,000 and an inriver estimate of 50,000. Ugashik District harvest on June 28 was 260,000 fish, with total river escapement at 4,000, though inriver test fish indices indicate a large amount of passage not yet reaching the counting tower. No sample sizes, trend comparisons to prior days, run-timing indices, or genetic stock composition data are present in this document.
Bristol Bay
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement # 11
June 29, 2026 at 06:04 PM
Kodiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #11 - June 29, 2026
Duck Bay and Izhut Bay Sections of the Afognak District close at 9:00 p.m. June 30. The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District close at 9:00 p.m. June 29, and the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District closes at 9:00 p.m. June 30. The Inner and Outer Karluk Sections of the Southwest Kodiak District, the Northwest Kodiak District, and the Southwest Afognak Section remain closed June 1 through July 5 due to record-low Chinook escapement on the Karluk River, and will not reopen until the Karluk early-run sockeye escapement goal of 250,000 fish is exceeded. Throughout the Kodiak Area, purse seine gear may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater until further notice.
Kodiak
Duck Bay and Izhut Bay Sections of the Afognak District close at 9:00 p.m. June 30. The Inner and Outer Upper Station Sections of the Alitak District close at 9:00 p.m. June 29, and the Outer Ayakulik Section of the Southwest Kodiak District closes at 9:00 p.m. June 30. The Inner and Outer Karluk Sections of the Southwest Kodiak District, the Northwest Kodiak District, and the Southwest Afognak Section remain closed June 1 through July 5 due to record-low Chinook escapement on the Karluk River, and will not reopen until the Karluk early-run sockeye escapement goal of 250,000 fish is exceeded. Throughout the Kodiak Area, purse seine gear may not retain Chinook salmon 28 inches or greater until further notice.
Kodiak
WRSHA Opening
June 29, 2026 at 05:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 14 - June 29, 2026
The Wood River Special Harvest Area closes to subsistence fishing at 12:00 noon on June 29, then opens to commercial set gillnet fishing from 1:00 p.m. June 29 until 2:00 p.m. June 30. This opener is triggered by Wood River sockeye escapement surpassing 1.1 million; yesterday's daily count was 454,000, with 68,500 through 6:00 a.m. today and a cumulative of 1.3 million. Nushagak District king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 17,150, and Nushagak sockeye cumulative escapement is 2 million as of June 28.
Bristol Bay
The Wood River Special Harvest Area closes to subsistence fishing at 12:00 noon on June 29, then opens to commercial set gillnet fishing from 1:00 p.m. June 29 until 2:00 p.m. June 30. This opener is triggered by Wood River sockeye escapement surpassing 1.1 million; yesterday's daily count was 454,000, with 68,500 through 6:00 a.m. today and a cumulative of 1.3 million. Nushagak District king salmon cumulative escapement stands at 17,150, and Nushagak sockeye cumulative escapement is 2 million as of June 28.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Catch Update #19, June 28, 2026
June 29, 2026 at 05:39 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - June 28, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 19 for June 28, 2026 shows a Daily Catch Index of 35, down sharply from 83 on June 27 and well below recent peak days. Station 8 led all stations with an index of 154, followed by Station 6 at 109, Station 4 at 90, Station 10 at 23, and Station 12 at 28, while Stations 2, 18, and several outer stations posted zeros. The raw data shows sea state running 4 to 6 feet with southwest winds of 9 to 18 knots throughout the day, making June 28 the roughest fishing conditions of the season so far; the authors explicitly caution that today's lower index likely reflects weather rather than a declining run, and that several more days of light catches would be needed before concluding migration rate is waning. The season-to-date mean station index through June 28 is 33, with total standardized catches split 2,428 fish (55%) in the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,005 fish (45%) in the 5.125-inch mesh, at mean lengths of 512 mm and 532 mm respectively. No genetic stock composition data is available for June 28 in this report; the authors state the June 28-29 composition results are expected to be released June 30 or July 1.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 19 for June 28, 2026 shows a Daily Catch Index of 35, down sharply from 83 on June 27 and well below recent peak days. Station 8 led all stations with an index of 154, followed by Station 6 at 109, Station 4 at 90, Station 10 at 23, and Station 12 at 28, while Stations 2, 18, and several outer stations posted zeros. The raw data shows sea state running 4 to 6 feet with southwest winds of 9 to 18 knots throughout the day, making June 28 the roughest fishing conditions of the season so far; the authors explicitly caution that today's lower index likely reflects weather rather than a declining run, and that several more days of light catches would be needed before concluding migration rate is waning. The season-to-date mean station index through June 28 is 33, with total standardized catches split 2,428 fish (55%) in the 4.5-inch mesh and 2,005 fish (45%) in the 5.125-inch mesh, at mean lengths of 512 mm and 532 mm respectively. No genetic stock composition data is available for June 28 in this report; the authors state the June 28-29 composition results are expected to be released June 30 or July 1.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #13
June 29, 2026 at 02:00 AM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #13 - June 28, 2026
The Ugashik District opens Monday, June 29 for drift gillnet fishing from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (8 hours) and set gillnet fishing from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (12 hours). Stand by at 3:00 p.m. Monday for the next possible announcement.
Bristol Bay
The Ugashik District opens Monday, June 29 for drift gillnet fishing from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (8 hours) and set gillnet fishing from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (12 hours). Stand by at 3:00 p.m. Monday for the next possible announcement.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Stock Comp. Estimate #6 - Samples from June 26-27, 2026
June 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Stock Composition Estimate #6 - June 26-27, 2026
For the June 26-27, 2026 period, the Port Moller Test Fishery stock composition estimate number 6 covers Stations 2-24, with 658 fish sampled and 190 analyzed, of which 186 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Kvichak at 25.0% (90% CI: 15.7-34.6%), followed by Egegik at 21.1% (11.5-32.9%), Wood at 14.4% (8.6-21.1%), Ugashik at 11.3% (0.0-25.3%), Nushagak at 13.7% (6.9-20.9%), Alagnak at 7.3% (0.0-14.4%), North Peninsula at 2.9% (0.1-7.1%), Kuskokwim at 2.2% (0.0-6.8%), Naknek at 1.7% (0.0-8.4%), Igushik at 0.4% (0.0-3.0%), and Togiak at 0.1% (0.0-0.4%). The partitioned Daily Catch Index and observed catch-plus-escapement by district are available in the linked PDF but the specific index numbers were not extractable from the linked document as provided. The report was released June 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM. The sample of 186 analyzable fish out of 658 sampled is a relatively modest analytical subset, which should be considered when interpreting the confidence intervals, several of which are quite wide, particularly for Ugashik and Naknek.
Bristol Bay
For the June 26-27, 2026 period, the Port Moller Test Fishery stock composition estimate number 6 covers Stations 2-24, with 658 fish sampled and 190 analyzed, of which 186 had adequate data for inclusion. The dominant stock was Kvichak at 25.0% (90% CI: 15.7-34.6%), followed by Egegik at 21.1% (11.5-32.9%), Wood at 14.4% (8.6-21.1%), Ugashik at 11.3% (0.0-25.3%), Nushagak at 13.7% (6.9-20.9%), Alagnak at 7.3% (0.0-14.4%), North Peninsula at 2.9% (0.1-7.1%), Kuskokwim at 2.2% (0.0-6.8%), Naknek at 1.7% (0.0-8.4%), Igushik at 0.4% (0.0-3.0%), and Togiak at 0.1% (0.0-0.4%). The partitioned Daily Catch Index and observed catch-plus-escapement by district are available in the linked PDF but the specific index numbers were not extractable from the linked document as provided. The report was released June 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM. The sample of 186 analyzable fish out of 658 sampled is a relatively modest analytical subset, which should be considered when interpreting the confidence intervals, several of which are quite wide, particularly for Ugashik and Naknek.
Bristol Bay
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary June 26-27, 2026 – All Stations
June 29, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Port Moller Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition Summary June 26-27, 2026 – All Stations - June 28, 2026
For June 26-27, 2026, the Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report analyzed 186 fish out of 658 sampled (190 were submitted for analysis). The dominant stock was Kvichak at 25.0% (90% CI: 15.7-34.6%), followed closely by Egegik at 21.1% (11.5-32.9%), Wood at 14.4% (8.6-21.1%), Nushagak at 13.7% (6.9-20.9%), Ugashik at 11.3% (0.0-25.3%), and Alagnak at 7.3% (0.0-14.4%). Smaller contributions came from North Peninsula at 2.9%, Kuskokwim at 2.2%, Naknek at 1.7%, Igushik at 0.4%, and Togiak at 0.1%. The report contains stock composition estimates only and does not include daily catch index figures or per-station catch data. The wide confidence intervals on several stocks, particularly Ugashik, reflect the modest sample size of 186 fish with adequate data for analysis.
Bristol Bay
For June 26-27, 2026, the Port Moller Test Fishery genetic stock composition report analyzed 186 fish out of 658 sampled (190 were submitted for analysis). The dominant stock was Kvichak at 25.0% (90% CI: 15.7-34.6%), followed closely by Egegik at 21.1% (11.5-32.9%), Wood at 14.4% (8.6-21.1%), Nushagak at 13.7% (6.9-20.9%), Ugashik at 11.3% (0.0-25.3%), and Alagnak at 7.3% (0.0-14.4%). Smaller contributions came from North Peninsula at 2.9%, Kuskokwim at 2.2%, Naknek at 1.7%, Igushik at 0.4%, and Togiak at 0.1%. The report contains stock composition estimates only and does not include daily catch index figures or per-station catch data. The wide confidence intervals on several stocks, particularly Ugashik, reflect the modest sample size of 186 fish with adequate data for analysis.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #12
June 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #12 - June 28, 2026
This is an Emergency Order / fishery management announcement dated June 28, 2026, not a test-fishery index data report, so no Daily Catch Index or per-station test-fishery indices are present. The key escapement and harvest figures reported are as follows. In the Naknek-Kvichak District, the Naknek River total escapement is 140,000 fish, the Kvichak River total escapement is 25,000 fish, and the Kvichak in-river estimate is 150,000 fish. In the Egegik District, total escapement is 336,000 fish, the in-river estimate is 30,000 fish, and the June 27 commercial harvest was 397,000 fish. In the Ugashik District, total escapement is 3,000 fish and the June 26 commercial harvest was 242,000 fish, with inriver test fish indicating fair passage that has not yet reached the counting tower. No genetic stock composition data, test-fishery station indices, sample sizes, or run-timing trend comparisons are included in this document.
Bristol Bay
This is an Emergency Order / fishery management announcement dated June 28, 2026, not a test-fishery index data report, so no Daily Catch Index or per-station test-fishery indices are present. The key escapement and harvest figures reported are as follows. In the Naknek-Kvichak District, the Naknek River total escapement is 140,000 fish, the Kvichak River total escapement is 25,000 fish, and the Kvichak in-river estimate is 150,000 fish. In the Egegik District, total escapement is 336,000 fish, the in-river estimate is 30,000 fish, and the June 27 commercial harvest was 397,000 fish. In the Ugashik District, total escapement is 3,000 fish and the June 26 commercial harvest was 242,000 fish, with inriver test fish indicating fair passage that has not yet reached the counting tower. No genetic stock composition data, test-fishery station indices, sample sizes, or run-timing trend comparisons are included in this document.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak Openings
June 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 13 - June 28, 2026
Drift and set gillnets in the Nushagak District close at 8:30 p.m. Sunday June 28. Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section open Monday June 29 from 1:00–10:00 a.m. and again 1:30–10:00 p.m.; drift gillnets in the full Nushagak District (Nushagak and Igushik Sections) open 4:30–10:00 a.m. and again 3:00–10:00 p.m. Monday June 29; set gillnets in the Igushik Section are extended 25 hours from 3:30 a.m. Monday June 29 to 4:30 a.m. Tuesday June 30. The Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 815,000 fish on June 27, Wood River cumulative sockeye escapement is 847,000, and Nushagak River cumulative sockeye escapement is 1.2 million — approaching the 1.1 million trigger for a possible Wood River Special Harvest Area set gillnet opening no earlier than 1:00 p.m. Monday June 29, though no opening is announced yet.
Bristol Bay
Drift and set gillnets in the Nushagak District close at 8:30 p.m. Sunday June 28. Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section open Monday June 29 from 1:00–10:00 a.m. and again 1:30–10:00 p.m.; drift gillnets in the full Nushagak District (Nushagak and Igushik Sections) open 4:30–10:00 a.m. and again 3:00–10:00 p.m. Monday June 29; set gillnets in the Igushik Section are extended 25 hours from 3:30 a.m. Monday June 29 to 4:30 a.m. Tuesday June 30. The Nushagak District sockeye harvest was 815,000 fish on June 27, Wood River cumulative sockeye escapement is 847,000, and Nushagak River cumulative sockeye escapement is 1.2 million — approaching the 1.1 million trigger for a possible Wood River Special Harvest Area set gillnet opening no earlier than 1:00 p.m. Monday June 29, though no opening is announced yet.
Bristol Bay
PMTF Catch Update #18, June 27, 2026
June 28, 2026 at 03:57 AM
Port Moller Test Fish Catch Update - June 27, 2026
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 18, covering June 27, 2026, recorded a Daily Catch Index of 83, the highest of the season to date. Station 10 posted the top individual index at 386, followed by Station 4 and Station 12 both at 178, Station 8 at 170, Station 6 at 64, Station 18 at 6, Station 20 at 5, Station 2 at 2, and Station 14 at 3, with Stations 16, 22, and 24 all at zero. Raw catches at Station 10 were 109 fish on the 4.5-inch mesh and 71 on the 5.125-inch mesh for a combined 180 fish, the heaviest single haul of the day. The index rose sharply from the prior day's figure of 48 and continues a strong upward trend seen since June 23, with season-to-date mean station indices ranging from 1 to 66 across the transect. The authors state the strong migration rate at the transect makes an extremely early run increasingly unlikely, and note that genetic stock composition results for June 26 and 27 are pending and expected the following day.
Bristol Bay
The Port Moller Test Fishery Catch Update 18, covering June 27, 2026, recorded a Daily Catch Index of 83, the highest of the season to date. Station 10 posted the top individual index at 386, followed by Station 4 and Station 12 both at 178, Station 8 at 170, Station 6 at 64, Station 18 at 6, Station 20 at 5, Station 2 at 2, and Station 14 at 3, with Stations 16, 22, and 24 all at zero. Raw catches at Station 10 were 109 fish on the 4.5-inch mesh and 71 on the 5.125-inch mesh for a combined 180 fish, the heaviest single haul of the day. The index rose sharply from the prior day's figure of 48 and continues a strong upward trend seen since June 23, with season-to-date mean station indices ranging from 1 to 66 across the transect. The authors state the strong migration rate at the transect makes an extremely early run increasingly unlikely, and note that genetic stock composition results for June 26 and 27 are pending and expected the following day.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #11
June 28, 2026 at 02:07 AM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #11 - June 27, 2026
The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours from 9:00 p.m. Saturday, June 27 to 3:00 a.m. Sunday, June 28 as previously announced, then again for 5 hours from 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Sunday, June 28. Set gillnet gear opens for 8 hours from 10:15 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Sunday, June 28. This supersedes announcement #10. Permit holders should stand by at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 28 for the next announcement.
Bristol Bay
The Egegik District opens to drift gillnet for 6 hours from 9:00 p.m. Saturday, June 27 to 3:00 a.m. Sunday, June 28 as previously announced, then again for 5 hours from 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Sunday, June 28. Set gillnet gear opens for 8 hours from 10:15 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Sunday, June 28. This supersedes announcement #10. Permit holders should stand by at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 28 for the next announcement.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak Openings
June 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Westside Salmon Announcement 12 - June 27, 2026
Nushagak District drift gillnets and Nushagak Section set gillnets close at 8:30 p.m. June 27. Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section reopen June 28 from 12:30–8:30 a.m. (8 hrs) and again 11:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m. (9 hrs); Igushik Section set gillnets close at 2:00 a.m. June 28 and reopen 12:30 p.m. June 28–3:30 a.m. June 29. Drift gillnets in the full Nushagak District (Nushagak and Igushik Sections) open June 28 from 4:00–8:30 a.m. (4.5 hrs) and again 2:30–8:30 p.m. (6 hrs). Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement stands at 834,000 through June 26; Wood River sockeye cumulative is 463,000, with 19,000 past the counter by 6:00 a.m. June 27; Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement is 9,010.
Bristol Bay
Nushagak District drift gillnets and Nushagak Section set gillnets close at 8:30 p.m. June 27. Set gillnets in the Nushagak Section reopen June 28 from 12:30–8:30 a.m. (8 hrs) and again 11:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m. (9 hrs); Igushik Section set gillnets close at 2:00 a.m. June 28 and reopen 12:30 p.m. June 28–3:30 a.m. June 29. Drift gillnets in the full Nushagak District (Nushagak and Igushik Sections) open June 28 from 4:00–8:30 a.m. (4.5 hrs) and again 2:30–8:30 p.m. (6 hrs). Nushagak River sockeye cumulative escapement stands at 834,000 through June 26; Wood River sockeye cumulative is 463,000, with 19,000 past the counter by 6:00 a.m. June 27; Nushagak River king salmon cumulative escapement is 9,010.
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #10
June 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Bristol Bay Eastside Salmon Announcement #10 - June 27, 2026
Naknek River escapement is 61,000, Kvichak River escapement is 4,600 with an inriver estimate of 20,000, and the June 26 harvest was 200,000 fish. The Naknek Section opens to drift gillnet and the full Naknek-Kvichak District opens to set gillnet for 6 hours, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday June 28. Egegik opens to drift gillnet 9:00 p.m. Saturday June 27 to 3:00 a.m. Sunday June 28 and again 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Sunday, with set gillnet open 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Sunday. Ugashik opens to drift gillnet 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday and set gillnet 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday June 28.
Bristol Bay
Naknek River escapement is 61,000, Kvichak River escapement is 4,600 with an inriver estimate of 20,000, and the June 26 harvest was 200,000 fish. The Naknek Section opens to drift gillnet and the full Naknek-Kvichak District opens to set gillnet for 6 hours, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday June 28. Egegik opens to drift gillnet 9:00 p.m. Saturday June 27 to 3:00 a.m. Sunday June 28 and again 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Sunday, with set gillnet open 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Sunday. Ugashik opens to drift gillnet 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday and set gillnet 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday June 28.
Bristol Bay
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #14
June 27, 2026 at 08:41 PM
PWS Salmon Fishery Announcement #14 - June 27, 2026
This document is a PWS and Copper River salmon fishery announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game dated June 27, 2026, and does not contain Bristol Bay test-fishery or commercial fishery data, Daily Catch Index figures, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition information. The report covers the Copper River, Bering River, Coghill, Eshamy, Unakwik, Montague, and Southwestern districts of PWS. Key figures present include a cumulative Miles Lake sonar count of 293,654 fish through June 26 against an expected 384,399, a June 27 0600 count of 1,535 fish, and a cumulative commercial harvest of 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Copper River Delta survey for the week ending June 27 counted 16,970 sockeye against an anticipated range of 17,627 to 41,665, and the Bering River Delta survey counted 1,850 sockeye against an anticipated range of 6,092 to 13,402. Because this report contains no Bristol Bay data, a Bristol Bay summary cannot be produced from this document.
PWS
This document is a PWS and Copper River salmon fishery announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game dated June 27, 2026, and does not contain Bristol Bay test-fishery or commercial fishery data, Daily Catch Index figures, per-station indices, or genetic stock composition information. The report covers the Copper River, Bering River, Coghill, Eshamy, Unakwik, Montague, and Southwestern districts of PWS. Key figures present include a cumulative Miles Lake sonar count of 293,654 fish through June 26 against an expected 384,399, a June 27 0600 count of 1,535 fish, and a cumulative commercial harvest of 4,172 Chinook and 228,277 sockeye salmon. The Copper River Delta survey for the week ending June 27 counted 16,970 sockeye against an anticipated range of 17,627 to 41,665, and the Bering River Delta survey counted 1,850 sockeye against an anticipated range of 6,092 to 13,402. Because this report contains no Bristol Bay data, a Bristol Bay summary cannot be produced from this document.
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