Weekly in season

Issue archive

Every The Run brief: where the Alaska salmon season stands, week by week.

Sep 5, 2026

Prince William Sound Pink Surges to 3.8 Million Fish

Statewide harvest reaches 87.0 million fish, 73% of the ADF&G forecast. PWS pink surged 50% week over week to 3.8 million. Bristol Bay sockeye is at 92% of forecast. Coho builds as September opens.

Aug 29, 2026

Coho Harvest More Than Doubles in Prince William Sound

Statewide salmon harvest reaches 83.6 million fish, 70% of ADF&G's forecast. Sockeye are at 85% statewide, Bristol Bay at 92%. Coho are surging across Prince William Sound, Kodiak and Southeast Alaska.

Aug 22, 2026

Cook Inlet Tops Its Forecast at 111 Percent

Cook Inlet reached 111 percent of forecast this week, driven by a sockeye harvest up 317.7 percent week over week to 969K fish. Statewide, reds are at 85 percent of the 44.1M fish forecast.

Aug 10, 2026

Southeast Alaska Pink Reaches 4.5 Million Fish

Sockeye at 82 percent of ADF&G's statewide forecast, Southeast Alaska pink at 4.53 million fish from 616,000 a week ago, Bristol Bay reds at 92 percent.

Aug 8, 2026

Pink Salmon Climb Across Kodiak and Southeast Alaska

Statewide harvest at 49.5M fish, 41 percent of ADF&G's April forecast. Sockeye reach 82 percent of their 44.1M-fish forecast statewide. Kodiak and Southeast pink volume builds fast as August enhanced harvests peak.

Jul 26, 2026

Bristol Bay Reds Close In on Forecast at 91 Percent

Bristol Bay sockeye reached 91 percent of its in-area forecast at 29.4 million fish. Statewide reds are at 78 percent of the 44.1 million fish forecast. Cook Inlet sockeye and Southeast pinks drove the week's biggest moves.

Jul 18, 2026

Bristol Bay Reds at 71 Percent of Forecast

Statewide salmon harvest at 32.3 million fish, 27 percent of the commercial-comparable preseason forecast. Bristol Bay sockeye leads at 71 percent of its in-area forecast, with Southeast chum more than doubling on the week.

Jul 11, 2026

Statewide Harvest at 22 Percent, Sockeye at 53

Statewide salmon harvest at 26.8 million fish, 22 percent of the commercial-comparable forecast. Sockeye stand at 53 percent of the commercial-comparable projection, with Bristol Bay leading districts at 60 percent. ADF&G Blue Sheet, preliminary.

Jul 10, 2026

Bristol Bay Sockeye Crosses 50 Percent of Forecast

Statewide sockeye harvest stands at 21.4 million fish, 49 percent of the 44.1 million fish commercial-comparable sockeye forecast. Bristol Bay leads the district scoreboard at 54 percent with 17.3 million fish on the Blue Sheet.