Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Yukon Management Area
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Fishery Advisory Announcements
- Yukon River Fall Update #14, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 251 kB) - 10/25/24
- Yukon River Reminder: Return 2024 Salmon Fishing Permits (PDF 97 kB) - 10/17/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #13, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 250 kB) - 10/16/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #12, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 251 kB) - 10/9/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #11, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 254 kB) - 10/1/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #10, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 255 kB) - 9/25/24
- Yukon River Districts 4-6 Subsistence and Personal Use Fishing Schedule (PDF 101 kB) - 9/24/24
- Yukon River Coastal District and Districts 1-3 Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 122 kB) - 9/19/24
- Yukon Area Salmon Fishery, Fall Update #9 (PDF 293 kB) - 9/18/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #8, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 221 kB) - 9/10/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #7, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 229 kB) - 9/5/24
- Yukon Area Salmon Fishery Fall Update # 6 (PDF 303 kB) - 8/27/24
- Yukon River District 6 Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 126 kB) - 8/22/24
- Yukon River Coastal District and Districts 1-4 Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 124 kB) - 8/22/24
- Yukon River District 5 Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 127 kB) - 8/22/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #5, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 188 kB) - 8/20/24
- Tanana River District 6 Subsistence and Personal Use Fishing Schedule (PDF 223 kB) - 8/14/24
- Fall Update # 4, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 263 kB) - 8/13/24
- Yukon River Subdistrict 5-D Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 227 kB) - 8/12/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #3, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 174 kB) - 8/6/24
- Yukon River Subdistricts 5-A, 5-B, and 5-C Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 125 kB) - 8/1/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #2, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 186 kB) - 7/30/24
- Yukon River Fall Update #1, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 191 kB) - 7/23/24
- Yukon River Summer Update #7, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery [revised title] (PDF 399 kB) - 7/22/24
- Yukon River District 4 and Koyukuk River Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 136 kB) - 7/22/24
- Yukon Area Tanana River Subsistence and Personal Use selective gear opening (PDF 226 kB) - 7/12/24
- Yukon River Subdistricts 5-A, 5-B, 5-C selective gear opening (PDF 217 kB) - 7/12/24
- Yukon River Coastal District and Districts 1-3 Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 136 kB) - 7/11/24
- Yukon River Summer Update #6, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 391 kB) - 7/9/24
- Yukon River Summer Update #5, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 338 kB) - 7/3/24
- Yukon Area Tanana River two-week closure of all gillnets (PDF 223 kB) - 6/28/24
- Yukon River District 5 two-week closure of all gillnets (PDF 221 kB) - 6/28/24
- Yukon River District 4 and Koyukuk River selective gear openings (PDF 186 kB) - 6/26/24
- Yukon River Summer Update # 4, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 373 kB) - 6/25/24
- Yukon River Coastal District, Districts 1-3, and Innoko River selective gear openings (PDF 222 kB) - 6/21/24
- Yukon River District 4 and Koyukuk River closure of 4-inch mesh gillnets (PDF 223 kB) - 6/20/24
- Yukon River Subdistrict 5-D Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 255 kB) - 6/20/24
- Yukon Area Tanana River Subsistence and Personal Use Fishing Schedule (PDF 226 kB) - 6/20/24
- Yukon River Summer Update # 3, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 313 kB) - 6/18/24
- Yukon River Area District 3 and Innoko River closure of 4-inch mesh gillnets (PDF 217 kB) - 6/18/24
- Yukon River Subdistricts 5-A, 5-B, and 5-C Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 219 kB) - 6/17/24
- Yukon River Coastal District, Districts 1 and 2 closure of 4-inch mesh gillnets (PDF 219 kB) - 6/13/24
- Yukon River Summer Update # 2, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 311 kB) - 6/11/24
- Yukon River Subdistrict 4-B, 4-C and Koyukuk River Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 220 kB) - 6/10/24
- Yukon River District 4 and Koyukuk River drainage Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 223 kB) - 6/6/24
- Yukon River Summer Update # 1, Yukon Area Salmon Fishery (PDF 308 kB) - 6/4/24
- Yukon River District 3 and Innoko River Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 145 kB) - 5/29/24
- Yukon River Coastal District, Districts 1 and 2 Subsistence Fishing Schedule (PDF 221 kB) - 5/24/24
- 2024 Yukon River Salmon Fisheries Outlook (PDF 269 kB) - 5/13/24
- Chatanika Harvest Area Subsistence Pike Fishery Closure (PDF 223 kB) - 4/1/24
- 2023 Fall Season Summary (PDF 1,412 kB) - 1/16/24
Harvest
- 2023 Yukon Area Summer Season Summary (PDF 674 kB)
- 2022 Yukon Area Summer Season Summary (PDF 669 kB)
- 2021 Yukon Area Summer Season Summary (PDF 928 kB)
- 2020 Yukon Area Summer Season Summary (PDF 848 kB)
- 2019 Yukon Area Summer Season Summary (PDF 995 kB)
- 2023 Yukon Area Fall Season Summary (PDF 1,412 kB)
- 2022 Yukon Area Fall Season Summary (PDF 979 kB)
- 2021 Yukon Area Fall Season Summary (PDF 901 kB)
- 2020 Yukon Area Fall Season Summary (PDF 1,184 kB)
- 2019 Yukon Area Fall Season Summary (PDF 1,225 kB)
Subsistence
- Subsistence and Personal Use Salmon Harvests in the Alaska Portion of the Yukon River Drainage, 2020 (PDF 3,995 kB)
- Subsistence and Personal Use Salmon Harvests in the Alaska Portion of the Yukon River Drainage, 2019 (PDF 4,495 kB)
- Subsistence and Personal Use Salmon Harvests in the Alaska Portion of the Yukon River Drainage, 2018 (PDF 4,360 kB)
Management
Outlook & Management Plans
- 2021 Yukon River Salmon Fisheries Outlook (PDF 337 kB)
Annual Management Reports
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2020 (PDF 10,720 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2019 (PDF 11,454 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2018 (PDF 10,381 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2017 (PDF 9,925 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2016 (PDF 8,745 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2015 (PDF 6,834 kB)
- Annual Management Report for the Yukon Area, 2014 (PDF 6,737 kB)
Other Publications
U.S./Canada
- Yukon River Salmon 2021 Season Summary and 2022 Season Outlook (PDF 4,173 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2020 Season Summary and 2021 Season Outlook (PDF 3,856 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2019 Season Summary and 2020 Season Outlook (PDF 3,551 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2018 Season Summary and 2019 Season Outlook (PDF 2,995 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2017 Season Summary and 2018 Season Outlook (PDF 4,063 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2016 Season Summary and 2017 Season Outlook (PDF 4,341 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2015 Season Summary and 2016 Season Outlook (PDF 3,607 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2014 Season Summary and 2015 Season Outlook (PDF 3,920 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2013 Season Summary and 2014 Season Outlook (PDF 3,877 kB)
- Yukon River Salmon 2012 Season Summary and 2013 Season Outlook (PDF 3,383 kB)
Regulations
Forecasts
- 2016 Preliminary Yukon River Chinook Run Timing Forecast (PDF 85 kB)
- 2015 Preliminary Yukon River Chinook Run Timing Forecast (PDF 432 kB)
- 2014 Preseason Yukon River Chinook Run Timing Forecast (PDF 439 kB)
- Updated 2013 Yukon River Chinook Run Timing Forecast (PDF 147 kB)
- 2013 Preseason Yukon River Chinook Run Timing Forecast (PDF 117 kB)
- Yukon Area subsistence, personal use, and commercial salmon fisheries outlook and management strategies (PDF 408 kB)
- Statewide Salmon Forecast
Maps
Yukon River Statistical Areas
- Yukon River (all districts) (PDF 892 kB)
- Yukon River - District 1 (PDF 557 kB)
- Yukon River - District 1 Setnet (PDF 1,131 kB)
- Yukon River - District 2 (PDF 354 kB)
- Yukon River - District 3 (PDF 472 kB)
- Yukon River - District 4 (PDF 460 kB)
- Anvik River (PDF 270 kB)
- Yukon River - District 5 (PDF 530 kB)
- Yukon River - District 6 (PDF 470 kB)
Statewide Maps
Research
- Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Database Management System
- Scientific and Technical Publications Online Search Application
- Age, sex, and length for Chinook and summer chum salmon within the Yukon Area, 2016 (PFD 1,923 kB)
- Age, sex, and length for Chinook and summer chum salmon within the Yukon Area, 2017 (PFD 1,969 kB)
- Origins of Chinook salmon in the Yukon Area fisheries, 2014(PFD 481 kB)
- Origins of Chinook salmon in Yukon Area fisheries, 2015(PFD 690 kB)
- Sonar Estimation of Summer Chum and Pink Salmon in the Anvik River, Alaska, 2022 (PFD 2,056 kB)
- Sonar Estimation of Summer Chum and Pink salmon in the Anvik River, Alaska, 2021 (PDF 2,071 kB)
- Updated Passage Estimates for the Pilot Station Sonar Project, 1995-2015(PDF 468 kB)
- Northeastern Bering Sea Juvenile Chinook Salmon Survey, 2017 and Yukon River Adult Run Forecasts, 2018-2020(PFD 2,060 kB)
- Assessment of Ichthyophonusin Chinook Salmon within the Yukon River Drainage, 2004 (PDF 2,156 kB)
- Estimation of U.S.-Canada Border Age-composition of Yukon River Chinook Salmon, 1982-2006 (PFD 4,335 kB)
- Genetic Stock Identification of Chinook Salmon Harvest on the Yukon River, 2010 (PDF 661 kB)
- Length-Girth, Length-Weight, and Fecundity of Yukon River Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (PDF 419 kB)
- Prevalence of Ichthyophonusin Chinook Salmon Entering the Yukon River and at Tanana Stock Spawning Grounds, 2004-2006 (PDF 9,040 kB)
- Sonar estimation of Chinook and fall chum salmon passage in the Yukon River near Eagle, Alaska, 2020 (PDF 2,636 kB)
- Sonar Estimation of Chinook and Fall Chum Salmon Passage in the Yukon River Near Eagle, Alaska, 2019 (PFD 3,514 kB)
- Sonar Estimation of Salmon Passage in the Yukon River Near Pilot Station Alaska, 2022 (PFD 4,172 kB)
- Sonar Estimation of Salmon Passage in the Yukon River Near Pilot Station Alaska, 2021 (PFD 5,626 kB)
- Yukon River Chinook Salmon Aging Consistency (PDF 1,876 kB)
- Yukon River Chinook Salmon Comparative Mesh Size Study (PDF 745 kB)
- Yukon River subsistence harvest genetic stock identification, 2017 (PDF 738 kB)
- Exploration of AYK Chinook Salmon Egg Thiamine Levels as a Potential Mechanism Contributing to Recent Low Productivity Patterns, 2014 and 2015 (PFD 332 kB)