As Bristol Bay wrapped up its 2014 salmon season, with a
harvest just shy of 29 million sockeyes, other fisheries in Alaska were picking
up speed.
As of Aug. 12, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s
preliminary salmon harvest added up to a total of 125,271,000 fish, including
72,541,000 humpies, 41,718,000 reds, 8,471,000 chum, 2,128,000 silver, and
413,000 Chinooks.
The final statewide harvest of 272,629,000 fish for the 2013
season included 219,160,000 pink, 29,257,000 sockeye, 18,578,000 chum,
5,353,000 coho and 281,000 Chinooks, according to ADF&G.
Prince William Sound harvesters through Aug. 12 had
delivered to processors an estimated 45,986,000 salmon, including 41,501,000
humpies; 3,306,000 reds, 1,135,000 chum, 34,000 silvers and 10,000 kings.
In Cook Inlet, the estimated harvest total was 3,577,000
million fish, including 2.509,000 million sockeye, 778,000 pink, 171,000 chum,
114,000 silver and 5,000 kings.
On the Lower Yukon River, small boat fishermen garnered a
harvest now totaling 537,000 fish, including 480,000 keta, 55,000 pink, and
2,000 cohos. Norton Sound fishermen’s harvest has reached 328,000 fish,
including 179,000 pink, 99,000 chum, and 49,000 silver salmon, and harvesters
in the Kotzebue area have to date delivered 486,000 chum to processors.
For Southeast Alaska, the harvest stands at more than
28.297,000 fish, including 21,069,000 pink, some 4,562,000 chum, 1,348,000
coho, 957,000 red and 362,000 kings.
On the Alaska Peninsula processors have received more than
4.6 million fish, including 3,078,000 reds, 673,000 pink, 586,000 chum, 283,000
silver and 8,000 Chinook salmon.
And Kodiak’s harvest to date is 10,697,000 fish, with more
than 7,842,000 pink,
2,411,000 red, 314,000 chum, 123,000 silver and 7,000 king
salmon.
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