2015 UPPER COOK INLET COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHERY SEASON SUMMARY
The 2015 Upper Cook Inlet (UCI) commercial harvest of approximately 3.1 million salmon was 15% less than the recent 10-year average annual harvest of 3.7 million fish (Table 1). The estimated exvessel value of the 2015 harvest of approximately $24.0 million was 20% less than the previous 10-year average annual exvessel value of $29.8 million. While all five species of Pacific salmon are present in UCI, sockeye salmon are the most valuable, accounting for nearly 78% of the exvessel value in the commercial fishery since 1960, and more than 93% of the total value during the past 20 years.
The rest of the 10 page report can be viewed here.