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Copper River (Miles L) Sockeye for 2026

More information for The Copper River escapement estimates is available if you visit the Copper River Commercial Fish salmon fishery page.


Location: Copper River (Miles L)
Species: Sockeye
Method: Sonar

The selected years are color-coded in the graphs below:

  • 2026
  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
Daily Counts

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 Cumulative

Description: The sonar on the Copper River is located at the outlet of Miles Lake, about 70 miles downstream from the Chitina dipnet fishery and 35 miles upstream from the commercial fishery’s closest boundary.

It takes approximately 2 weeks for salmon to travel from Miles Lake to Chitina but this is highly variable depending on the water level. The water levels listed on the sockeye salmon counts page are an indication of the general trends in Copper River discharge but may not be indicative of what is occurring upstream at Chitina.

The sockeye salmon counts presented on this page represent all salmon passage by the sonar. This includes king salmon and other species; however, the majority of each day’s counts are composed of sockeye salmon and therefore are representative of sockeye salmon abundance.

The current escapement goal for sockeye salmon is 360,000 to 750,000 fish and is graphed on the cumulative counts figure above. Counts for sockeye salmon are available the following day.

In 2018, the department began using an ARIS apportionment lens at the sonar. This technology allows for large king salmon to be identified from other salmon passing the site. Large king salmon are considered fish over 30.4 inches in length.

Determining the number of large king salmon in the daily salmon passage counts takes additional staff and time for processing. Data processing constraints typically result in a 3-day lag time. Therefore, estimates of large king salmon passage are not available on a next-day basis and instead, large king salmon counts will only be updated as data becomes available, typically on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

All large king salmon count data presented on the fish counts page inseason should be considered PRELIMINARY and subject to change.

Sustainable Escapement Goal for Sockeye in 2019: 360,000 - 750,000 (Graphed above)

Contact: Fishery Biologist,
907-424-4012

78 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2026		 Count
2026		 Cumulative
2026		 Cumulative
2025		 Cumulative
2024		 Cumulative
2023		 Cumulative
2022		 Notes for
2026
07/28 - 0 895,308 947,983 991,740 785,509  
07/27 - 0 889,373 945,367 986,202 781,565  
07/26 - 0 884,295 943,172 982,582 774,692  
07/25 - 0 879,676 938,776 977,122 769,355  
07/24 - 0 875,268 933,934 971,175 763,561  
07/23 - 0 871,600 929,345 961,770 759,950  
07/22 - 0 866,947 922,806 949,887 756,619  
07/21 - 0 862,132 914,204 938,648 754,093  
07/20 - 0 855,378 900,983 927,763 751,992  
07/19 - 0 848,414 884,509 913,885 750,386  
07/18 - 0 839,779 861,780 898,717 749,442  
07/17 - 0 829,621 845,942 885,261 748,000  
07/16 - 0 815,743 835,253 867,323 744,669  
07/15 - 0 802,597 825,454 852,813 738,774  
07/14 - 0 788,434 812,072 835,363 733,255  
07/13 - 0 773,003 797,825 819,463 727,457  
07/12 - 0 757,734 781,124 796,063 722,813  
07/11 - 0 743,357 762,521 775,444 719,666  
07/10 - 0 729,304 741,424 754,943 712,464  
07/09 - 0 712,196 722,211 730,942 703,240  
07/08 - 0 700,113 702,486 710,213 697,066  
07/07 - 0 688,363 677,443 686,703 690,397  
07/06 - 0 675,575 651,962 649,050 682,007  
07/05 - 0 655,956 630,434 622,947 673,804  
07/04 - 0 634,985 604,697 601,564 662,919  
07/03 - 0 619,296 574,764 586,861 653,398  
07/02 - 0 599,829 559,862 571,375 643,669  
07/01 - 0 583,609 549,406 556,715 632,194  
06/30 - 0 572,989 539,400 539,566 623,046  
06/29 - 0 561,507 528,199 519,637 613,033  
06/28 - 0 549,720 517,058 492,093 602,123  
06/27 - 0 539,020 504,659 462,591 592,809  
06/26 - 0 529,512 493,768 442,237 583,310  
06/25 - 0 517,976 486,541 423,210 571,083  
06/24 - 0 507,038 482,617 397,925 555,819  
06/23 - 0 498,777 477,379 380,021 541,351  
06/22 - 0 488,565 471,052 357,998 517,539  
06/21 - 0 476,560 466,024 333,717 482,368  
06/20 - 0 463,984 459,297 305,123 448,990  
06/19 - 0 454,364 450,571 284,059 427,154  
06/18 - 0 442,740 439,049 269,018 412,039  
06/17 - 0 431,853 423,780 253,591 399,493  
06/16 - 0 416,917 404,742 237,818 389,299  
06/15 - 0 400,428 387,121 226,819 375,790  
06/14 - 0 379,114 375,654 216,375 360,811  
06/13 - 0 352,098 361,942 204,237 348,521  
06/12 - 0 312,093 343,405 194,690 336,359  
06/11 - 0 282,629 323,961 186,635 320,265  
06/10 - 0 256,962 294,273 178,470 302,105  
06/09 - 0 232,374 249,092 168,708 280,042  
06/08 - 0 213,773 187,619 156,751 250,746  
06/07 - 0 198,247 140,212 144,443 225,243  
06/06 - 0 180,230 109,534 122,268 204,329  
06/05 - 0 162,286 89,588 102,540 183,631  
06/04 - 0 149,144 76,637 86,981 153,035  
06/03 - 0 137,704 63,442 72,053 114,094  
06/02 - 0 126,664 53,470 54,757 80,754  
06/01 - 0 113,052 44,198 37,690 54,919  
05/31 - 0 101,084 34,537 27,287 37,118  
05/30 - 0 91,570 27,648 19,164 23,960  
05/29 - 0 83,145 22,558 11,663 15,611  
05/28 - 0 75,278 17,043 7,082 10,697  
05/27 - 0 63,994 11,843 4,029 7,123  
05/26 - 0 48,399 6,503 2,102 4,188  
05/25 - 0 35,572 4,370 626 2,394  
05/24 - 0 24,376 2,808 0 931  
05/23 - 0 16,410 1,348 0 688  
05/22 - 0 9,791 356 0 429  
05/21 - 0 4,648 170 0 284  
05/20 - 0 2,424 87 0 176  
05/19 - 0 1,493 0 0 92  
05/18 - 0 755 0 0 48  
05/17 - 0 532 0 0 0  
05/16 - 0 277 0 0 0  
05/15 - 0 144 0 0 0  
05/14 - 0 36 0 0 0  
05/13 - 0 36 0 0 0  
05/12 - 0 0 0 0 0