July 17, 2025 – Gillnet chum catch numbers remained high in Lynn Canal and in Taku Inlet through the fifth opener of the season. Sample information for the 7/13 opener is as follows: Lynn Canal - average weight of 6.2 pounds and a sex ratio of 57% male and 43% female. The age comp was 0% - 6's, 13% - 5's, 83% - 4's and 4% - 3's. Taku Inlet – average weight of 6.1 and sex ratio of 58% male and 42% female. The age comp was 1% - 6's, 11% - 5's, 86% - 4's and 2% - 3's.
Checkout the 2025 harvest season graphs for more detail on the returns.
Cost recovery at Amalga Harbor started on the 20th of June. Gastineau Channel cost recovery began on the 29th. Total harvest to date is 7.8 million pounds.
Chum egg take at Macaulay Salmon Hatchery started today 7/17. We have collected 7 million eggs to date.
The Speel Lake weir was installed July 11th, and we have passed 0 sockeye to date. The Speel Lake Escapement graph will be updated once we begin to pass fish. Cost recovery at Snettisham will start in the next few weeks’ dependent on fish presence.
The next update will be Thursday the 24th of July.
July 10, 2025 – Gillnet chum catch numbers were well above forecast for this stat week in Taku Inlet and in Lynn Canal for the fourth opener of the season. Sample information for the 7/6 opener is as follows: Lynn Canal – average weight of 6.2 pounds and sex ratio of 60% male and 40% female. The age comp was 1% - 6's, 14% - 5's, 82% - 4's and 3% - 3's. Taku Inlet - average weight of 7.1 pounds and sex ratio of 64% male and 36% female. The age comp was 0% - 6's, 12% - 5's, 87% - 4's and 1% - 3's. Checkout the 2025 harvest season graphs for more detail on the returns.
Cost recovery at Amalga Harbor started on the 20th of June. Gastineau Channel cost recovery began on the 29th. Total harvest to date is 4.2 million pounds.
Chum egg take at Macaulay Salmon Hatchery will start around July 17th.
The Speel Lake weir will be fish tight by July 15th. The Speel Lake Escapement graph will be updated once we begin to pass fish. The ladder is on, but we have seen no adult sockeye to date at Snettisham Hatchery. Checkout the 2025 sockeye forecast for more info on what we expect from this return.
The next update will be Thursday the 17th of July.
July 3, 2025 – Gillnet chum catch numbers were lower than projected for this stat week in Lynn Canal, and slightly above forecast in Taku Inlet in the third opener of the season. Sample information for the 6/29 opener is as follows: Lynn Canal - average weight of 6.6 pounds and sex ratio of 63% male and 37% female. The age comp was 1% - 6's, 30% - 5's, 68% - 4's and 1% - 3's. Taku Inlet – average weight of 7.6 pounds and sex ratio of 75% male and 25% female. The age comp was 1% - 6's, 28% - 5's, 69% - 4's and 2% - 3's.
Checkout the 2025 harvest season graphs for more detail on the returns.
Cost recovery at Amalga Harbor started on the 22nd of June. Cost Recovery began in Gastineau Channel on June 28th. Total harvest to date is just over 2.2 million pounds.
The next update will be Thursday the 10th of July.
June 26, 2025 – Gillnet chum catches remained close to the ten year average for landings in Taku Inlet and slightly below average in Lynn Canal for the second opener of the season.
Sample information from the 6/22 gillnet opener is as follows: Lynn Canal - average weight of 7.0 pounds and a sex ratio of 72% males and 28% females. The age comp was 0% - 6's, 16% - 5's, 84% - 4's and 0% - 3's. Taku Inlet – average weight of 7.6 pounds and a sex ratio of 77% males and 23% females. The age comp was 1% - 6's, 24% - 5's, 75% - 4's and 0% - 3's. Checkout the 2025 harvest season graphs for more detail on the returns.
Cost recovery at Amalga Harbor started on the 20th of June. We intend to begin chum cost recovery in Gastineau Channel this weekend. Total harvest to date is 800,000 pounds. Chum harvest at Amalga Harbor SHA is well ahead of the projected amount of pounds for this date. At this point in the season, it is too early to tell if the the run is early or if it’s going to be a run larger than projected.
The next update will be Thursday, July 3rd.
June 19, 2025 – Preliminary chum catch numbers are slightly above forecast for Lynn Canal and on par with the forecast for Taku Inlet after the first opener of the season. Sample information from the 6/15 gillnet opener is as follows: Lynn Canal – Average weight of 7.6 pounds and a sex ratio of 76% male and 24% female. The age comp was 0% - 6's, 23% - 5's, 74% - 4's and 3% - 3's. Taku Inlet – Average weight of 7.8 pounds was reported by a processor, but no other sample info was gathered due to low catch numbers. Checkout the 2025 harvest season graphs for more detail on the returns.
Cost recovery at Amalga Harbor will be starting Friday, the 20th of June. We are keeping a close eye on Gastineau Channel with a tentative plan to start cost recovery the week of the 4th of July dependent on fish presence.
The next update will be Thursday the 26th of June.
Preseason Note - The first Gillnet opener of the season is on June 15, 2025.
The first harvest update of the season will be posted by Friday June 20th, 2025.