The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 11 opens commercial fishing with drift gillnets in Drift Gillnet Area 1 of the Central District from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.
As of July 4, 2022, the cumulative sockeye salmon escapement estimate for the Kasilof River was 120,721, average run timing was 27%, and the year-end escapement projection was 444,000 sockeye salmon. Fishing in the aforementioned waters is warranted to harvest sockeye salmon returning to the Kasilof River while minimizing the harvest of Chinook salmon.
Fishermen and processors are reminded of the legal requirement to report all commercially harvested salmon on a fish ticket, whether sold or kept for personal use, using the correct statistical fishing area or areas (5 AAC 39.130(c)(7)).
Fish harvested in the drift gillnet fishery during this fishing period should be reported in statistical areas 244-60.
