2022 Alaska Salmon Harvest Valued at $720M
A preliminary commercial harvest summary recently issued by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game puts the value of 160.7 million salmon caught in 2022 at $720.4 million, compared to the 2021 harvest of 233.8 million salmon harvested.
The 31% decrease in the total harvest is explained by the relatively low pink salmon run size in 2022, a consistent trend for even-numbered years over the last decade, ADF&G biologists said in their mid-November report.
The 2022 total harvest sockeyes accounted for 66% of the total value of $473.8 million and 47% of the harvest of 74.8 million fish.
Chum salmon, numbering 14.9 million, contributed 15% of the overall value at $110.6 million.
Coho salmon made up about 2% of the value $15 million and 1% of the harvest at 1.6 million fish, while the...