January 31, 2025
Alaska’s 2025 salmon forecast
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Alaska fishery managers this week released the 2025 predictions for salmon returns to the Copper River and Price William Sound regions, calling the runs “excellent” or “strong” for all salmon species except for Chinook.
At Copper River, the Chinook salmon total run forecast point estimate is “Weak” at 36,000 fish. This is 25 percent below the recent 10-year average total run of 48,000 fish.
For sockeye salmon, the 2025 Copper River total point estimate of wild plus hatchery production is…
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Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She has also worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and Cape Cod. Click here to send her an email.
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