# Southeast Leads Season's Final Week, Statewide at 74 Percent _Nov 3, 2026_ > The 2026 Alaska salmon season has closed at 89.1M fish, 74 percent of ADF&G's forecast. Southeast was the only region to record movement in the final week. Cook Inlet finished at 106 percent of forecast. _Numbers as of Nov 3, 2026, 2:04 AM PT pull._ The 2026 Alaska commercial salmon season has closed. Per ADF&G's Blue Sheet, the statewide cumulative harvest reached **89.1 million fish, 74 percent of the 119.9 million-fish commercial-comparable forecast**. Southeast Alaska was the only region to record movement in the final reporting period, with all four species gaining. [Chart: Statewide cumulative sockeye harvest, 2026 (thousands of fish)](https://therun.news/scoreboard/statewide) ([data](https://therun.news/scoreboard/statewide.md) — chart image: https://therun.news/charts/issues/salmon/2026-11-03/scoreboard/statewide.png) - **Southeast Alaska sockeye (reds):** 473K fish, the week's biggest mover, up 3.1 percent week over week from 459K fish the prior week. - **Other Southeast movers:** Coho (silvers) at 835K fish, up 2.1 percent week over week from 818K. Chum (dogs) at 9.77M, up 0.5 percent week over week from 9.73M. Pink (humpies) at 17.6M, up 0.2 percent week over week. - **Statewide sockeye:** 37.6M fish, 85 percent of the 44.1M-fish commercial-comparable forecast. - **Cook Inlet:** 106 percent of forecast, 1.12M fish against a 1.06M-fish preseason projection. - **Bristol Bay:** Sockeye at 92 percent of forecast, 29.7M fish. District total at 91 percent (30.0M of 32.9M). No change on the final week. - **Prince William Sound:** 22 percent of forecast, furthest behind. Kodiak at 98 percent (14.8M of 15.0M). The season is in off-season status. The Blue Sheet is preliminary and subject to revision. ADF&G's next major milestone is the April preseason forecast. Per ADF&G's October 12 inseason summary, the Kuskokwim Bay commercial season closed effective August 1, 2026. Coho sonar passage at the Kuskokwim River ran well below average. ADF&G stated it would continue assessing the run through the end of the season to determine escapement likelihood. --- Canonical URL: https://therun.news/issues/2026-11-03