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More information for The Copper River escapement estimates is available if you visit the Copper River Commercial Fish salmon fishery page.


Location: Copper River (Miles L)
Species: Sockeye
Method: Sonar

The selected years are color-coded in the graphs below:

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
Daily Counts
Cumulative

Description: The Sonar on the Copper River is located at the outlet of Miles Lake, about 70 miles from the Chitina dipnet fishery. It takes approximately 2 weeks for salmon to travel this distance, but this is highly variable depending on the water level. The water levels listed here are an indication of the general trends in the Copper River but may not be indicative of what is occurring at Chitina. The current escapement goal for Sockeye is 360,000 to 750,000.
More information about the sonar is located Copper River sonar/weir site external link.

Sustainable Escapement Goal for Sockeye in 2019: 360,000 - 750,000 (Graphed above)

Contact: Fishery Biologist,
907-424-4012

78 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2024
Count
2024
Cumulative
2024
Cumulative
2023
Cumulative
2022
Cumulative
2021
Cumulative
2020
Notes for
2024
Jul-28 - 824,627 991,740 785,509 751,262 530,313  
Jul-27 - 824,627 986,202 781,565 744,140 528,593  
Jul-26 - 824,627 982,582 774,692 738,456 527,588  
Jul-25 - 824,627 977,122 769,355 732,135 526,992  
Jul-24 - 824,627 971,175 763,561 727,251 526,223  
Jul-23 - 824,627 961,770 759,950 721,159 524,936  
Jul-22 - 824,627 949,887 756,619 716,283 523,608  
Jul-21 - 824,627 938,648 754,093 712,897 521,678  
Jul-20 - 824,627 927,763 751,992 708,567 519,790  
Jul-19 - 824,627 913,885 750,386 702,686 516,199  
Jul-18 - 824,627 898,717 749,442 696,030 512,302  
Jul-17 - 824,627 885,261 748,000 686,911 506,631  
Jul-16 - 824,627 867,323 744,669 674,864 500,936  
Jul-15 13,400 824,627 852,813 738,774 663,689 493,706 Water Level Reading: 42.98 meters
Jul-14 14,241 811,227 835,363 733,255 647,997 484,971 Water Level Reading: 42.66 meters
Jul-13 16,701 796,986 819,463 727,457 634,767 479,833 Water Level Reading: 42.64 meters
Jul-12 18,609 780,285 796,063 722,813 623,773 474,422 Water Level Reading: 42.69 meters
Jul-11 21,157 761,676 775,444 719,666 612,404 466,815 Water Level Reading: 42.71 meters
Jul-10 18,786 740,519 754,943 712,464 602,421 459,759 Water Level Reading: 42.79 meters
Jul-09 19,713 721,733 730,942 703,240 591,696 453,078 Water Level Reading: 42.78 meters
Jul-08 25,037 702,020 710,213 697,066 583,819 447,251 Water Level Reading: 42.74 meters
Jul-07 25,431 676,983 686,703 690,397 575,567 441,931 Water Level Reading: 42.77 meters
Jul-06 21,492 651,552 649,050 682,007 562,989 435,665 Water Level Reading: 42.81 meters
Jul-05 25,728 630,060 622,947 673,804 550,379 428,438 Water Level Reading: 42.90 meters
Jul-04 29,832 604,332 601,564 662,919 536,457 422,174 Water Level Reading: 43.03 meters
Jul-03 14,897 574,500 586,861 653,398 522,524 413,526 Water Level Reading: 43.26 meters
Jul-02 10,462 559,603 571,375 643,669 506,427 404,918 Water Level Reading: 43.57 meters
Jul-01 10,006 549,141 556,715 632,194 491,497 396,455 Water Level Reading: 43.73 meters
Jun-30 11,201 539,135 539,566 623,046 477,907 387,106 Water Level Reading: 43.70 meters
Jun-29 11,785 527,934 519,637 613,033 468,485 378,058 Water Level Reading: 43.64 meters
Jun-28 12,393 516,149 492,093 602,123 459,175 366,730 Water Level Reading: 43.52 meters
Jun-27 10,898 503,756 462,591 592,809 453,468 355,687 Water Level Reading: 43.47 meters
Jun-26 7,244 492,858 442,237 583,310 448,487 346,371 Water Level Reading: 43.74 meters
Jun-25 3,899 485,614 423,210 571,083 442,585 339,948 Water Level Reading: 43.96 meters
Jun-24 5,268 481,715 397,925 555,819 433,919 333,561 Water Level Reading: 43.26 meters
Jun-23 6,333 476,447 380,021 541,351 425,038 326,903 Water Level Reading: 42.87 meters
Jun-22 5,028 470,114 357,998 517,539 415,211 319,554 Water Level Reading: 42.74 meters
Jun-21 6,737 465,086 333,717 482,368 407,057 311,590 Water Level Reading: 42.84 meters
Jun-20 8,726 458,349 305,123 448,990 400,256 302,887 Water Level Reading: 42.89 meters
Jun-19 11,516 449,623 284,059 427,154 390,710 294,034 Water Level Reading: 42.76 meters
Jun-18 15,269 438,107 269,018 412,039 378,456 284,514 Water Level Reading: 42.56 meters
Jun-17 18,990 422,838 253,591 399,493 366,634 273,341 Water Level Reading: 42.34 meters
Jun-16 17,627 403,848 237,818 389,299 355,738 260,157 Water Level Reading: 42.09 meters
Jun-15 11,461 386,221 226,819 375,790 339,861 245,645 Water Level Reading: 41.80 meters
Jun-14 13,774 374,760 216,375 360,811 321,656 230,419 Water Level Reading: 6.50 meters
Jun-13 18,513 360,986 204,237 348,521 303,407 215,709 Water Level Reading: 41.81 meters
Jun-12 19,450 342,473 194,690 336,359 289,724 203,133 Water Level Reading: 41.77 meters
Jun-11 29,549 323,023 186,635 320,265 279,049 192,408 Water Level Reading: 41.60 meters
Jun-10 45,187 293,474 178,470 302,105 263,905 183,902 Water Level Reading: 41.36 meters
Jun-09 61,250 248,287 168,708 280,042 245,449 175,469 Water Level Reading: 41.14 meters
Jun-08 46,787 187,037 156,751 250,746 220,989 166,158 Water Level Reading: 41.11 meters
Jun-07 30,672 140,250 144,443 225,243 187,268 156,337 Water Level Reading: 41.16 meters
Jun-06 19,952 109,578 122,268 204,329 155,847 145,257 Water Level Reading: 41.08 meters
Jun-05 12,963 89,626 102,540 183,631 134,647 133,836 Water Level Reading: 40.74 meters
Jun-04 13,203 76,663 86,981 153,035 113,959 121,150 Water Level Reading: 40.54 meters
Jun-03 9,966 63,460 72,053 114,094 92,940 105,454 Water Level Reading: 40.55 meters
Jun-02 9,290 53,494 54,757 80,754 77,092 92,710 Water Level Reading: 40.61 meters
Jun-01 9,655 44,204 37,690 54,919 63,585 79,482 Water Level Reading: 40.70 meters
May-31 6,895 34,549 27,287 37,118 54,178 65,729 Water Level Reading: 40.78 meters
May-30 5,096 27,654 19,164 23,960 47,032 54,585 Water Level Reading: 40.75 meters
May-29 5,515 22,558 11,663 15,611 38,664 45,697 Water Level Reading: 40.61 meters
May-28 5,200 17,043 7,082 10,697 30,791 39,057 Water Level Reading: 40.34 meters
May-27 5,340 11,843 4,029 7,123 22,504 33,416 Water Level Reading: 40.08 meters
May-26 2,133 6,503 2,102 4,188 14,426 26,991 Water Level Reading: 39.94 meters
May-25 1,562 4,370 626 2,394 6,292 19,804 Water Level Reading: 39.88 meters
May-24 1,460 2,808 0 931 4,788 13,688 Water Level Reading: 39.78 meters
May-23 992 1,348 0 688 3,286 9,688 Water Level Reading: 39.63 meters
May-22 186 356 0 429 2,317 7,057 Water Level Reading: 39.58 meters
May-21 83 170 0 284 1,517 4,918 North bank sonar only
May-20 87 87 0 176 699 2,386 North bank sonar only
May-19 - - 0 92 365 763  
May-18 - - 0 48 227 0  
May-17 - - 0 0 113 0  
May-16 0 0 0 0 36 0 North bank only, 5 hours recorded
May-15 - - 0 0 0 0  
May-14 - - 0 0 0 0  
May-13 - - 0 0 0 0  
May-12 - - 0 0 0 0