The statewide harvest now exceeds 211 million fish. Here's a chart showing the catch of each species and the preseason forecast.
| Salmon species | Catch forecast | Catch to date |
| Chinook | 253,534 | 301,000 |
| Sockeye | 34,260,000 | 28,902,000 |
| Chum | 22,748,000 | 15,889,000 |
| Pink | 117,822,000 | 163,516,000 |
| Coho | 3,904,000 | 2,484,000 |
| TOTAL | 178,987,534 | 211,093,000 |
Here are a few notes as the season enters the stretch run.
• A record 77.6 million pinks have been taken in Prince William Sound. This includes 74.1 million in the general seine fishery and 3.5 million in hatchery cost recovery fisheries. Based on run timing, state biologists project a final catch of 90.9 million.
• Seiners in Southeast Alaska also are setting records for weekly catches of pink salmon. Fishery managers say the final tally could top 70 million.
• Alaska's all-species commercial salmon harvest has exceeded 200 million fish four times (1995, 1999, 2005 and 2007). The all-time record harvest was 221.9 million in 2005.
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Hmmm, king harvest is above forecast. Wonder where these fish are being caught - Kodiak perhaps?
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