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Copper River (Miles L) Sockeye for 2026

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:

  • 2026
  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
Daily Counts

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Description: The sonar on the Copper River is located at the outlet of Miles Lake, about 70 miles downstream from the Chitina dipnet fishery and 35 miles upstream from the commercial fishery’s closest boundary.

It takes approximately 2 weeks for salmon to travel from Miles Lake to Chitina but this is highly variable depending on the water level. The water levels listed on the sockeye salmon counts page are an indication of the general trends in Copper River discharge but may not be indicative of what is occurring upstream at Chitina.

The sockeye salmon counts presented on this page represent all salmon passage by the sonar. This includes king salmon and other species; however, the majority of each day’s counts are composed of sockeye salmon and therefore are representative of sockeye salmon abundance.

The current escapement goal for sockeye salmon is 360,000 to 750,000 fish and is graphed on the cumulative counts figure above. Counts for sockeye salmon are available the following day.

In 2018, the department began using an ARIS apportionment lens at the sonar. This technology allows for large king salmon to be identified from other salmon passing the site. Large king salmon are considered fish over 30.4 inches in length.

Determining the number of large king salmon in the daily salmon passage counts takes additional staff and time for processing. Data processing constraints typically result in a 3-day lag time. Therefore, estimates of large king salmon passage are not available on a next-day basis and instead, large king salmon counts will only be updated as data becomes available, typically on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

All large king salmon count data presented on the fish counts page inseason should be considered PRELIMINARY and subject to change.

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
2026		 Count
2026		 Cumulative
2026		 Cumulative
2025		 Cumulative
2024		 Cumulative
2023		 Cumulative
2022		 Notes for
2026
07/28 1,971 564,558 895,308 947,983 991,740 785,509 Water Level Reading: 42.56 meters
07/27 1,011 562,587 889,373 945,367 986,202 781,565 Water Level Reading: 42.69 meters
07/26 1,162 561,576 884,295 943,172 982,582 774,692 Water Level Reading: 42.88 meters
07/25 698 560,414 879,676 938,776 977,122 769,355 Water Level Reading: 42.85 meters
07/24 1,402 559,716 875,268 933,934 971,175 763,561 Water Level Reading: 42.60 meters
07/23 1,728 558,314 871,600 929,345 961,770 759,950 Water Level Reading: 42.51 meters
07/22 3,379 556,586 866,947 922,806 949,887 756,619 Water Level Reading: 42.42 meters
07/21 463 553,207 862,132 914,204 938,648 754,093 Water Level Reading: 42.33 meters
07/20 2,210 552,744 855,378 900,983 927,763 751,992 Water Level Reading: 42.13 meters
07/19 2,797 550,534 848,414 884,509 913,885 750,386 Water Level Reading: 42.25 meters
07/18 2,189 547,737 839,779 861,780 898,717 749,442 Water Level Reading: 42.35 meters
07/17 2,477 545,548 829,621 845,942 885,261 748,000 Water Level Reading: 42.44 meters
07/16 1,918 543,071 815,743 835,253 867,323 744,669 Water Level Reading: 42.39 meters
07/15 2,195 541,153 802,597 825,454 852,813 738,774 Water Level Reading: 42.32 meters
07/14 3,633 538,958 788,434 812,072 835,363 733,255 Water Level Reading: 42.43 meters
07/13 5,407 535,325 773,003 797,825 819,463 727,457 Water Level Reading: 42.37 meters
07/12 9,889 529,918 757,734 781,124 796,063 722,813 Water Level Reading: 42.23 meters
07/11 13,368 520,029 743,357 762,521 775,444 719,666 Water Level Reading: 42.08 meters
07/10 15,629 506,661 729,304 741,424 754,943 712,464 Water Level Reading: 42.02 meters
07/09 16,821 491,032 712,196 722,211 730,942 703,240 Water Level Reading: 42.02 meters
07/08 17,621 474,211 700,113 702,486 710,213 697,066 Water Level Reading: 42.05 meters
07/07 14,745 456,590 688,363 677,443 686,703 690,397 Water Level Reading: 42.00 meters
07/06 16,184 441,845 675,575 651,962 649,050 682,007 Water Level Reading: 42.04 meters
07/05 16,943 425,661 655,956 630,434 622,947 673,804 Water Level Reading: 42.18 meters
07/04 17,579 408,718 634,985 604,697 601,564 662,919 Water Level Reading: 42.03 meters
07/03 18,615 391,139 619,296 574,764 586,861 653,398 Water Level Reading: 41.98 meters
07/02 16,445 372,524 599,829 559,862 571,375 643,669 Water Level Reading: 42.09 meters
07/01 15,454 356,079 583,609 549,406 556,715 632,194 Water Level Reading: 42.23 meters
06/30 13,687 340,625 572,989 539,400 539,566 623,046 Water Level Reading: 42.30 meters
06/29 14,691 326,938 561,507 528,199 519,637 613,033 Water Level Reading: 42.38 meters
06/28 14,180 312,247 549,720 517,058 492,093 602,123 Water Level Reading: 42.37 meters
06/27 9,905 298,067 539,020 504,659 462,591 592,809 Water Level Reading: 42.61 meters
06/26 7,337 288,162 529,512 493,768 442,237 583,310 Water Level Reading: 42.91 meters
06/25 6,171 280,825 517,976 486,541 423,210 571,083 Water Level Reading: 42.87 meters
06/24 6,494 274,654 507,038 482,617 397,925 555,819 Water Level Reading: 42.62 meters
06/23 7,594 268,160 498,777 477,379 380,021 541,351 Water Level Reading: 42.56 meters
06/22 8,660 260,566 488,565 471,052 357,998 517,539 Water Level Reading: 42.46 meters
06/21 3,676 251,906 476,560 466,024 333,717 482,368 Water Level Reading: 42.27 meters
06/20 11,404 248,230 463,984 459,297 305,123 448,990 Water Level Reading: 42.03 meters
06/19 11,140 236,826 454,364 450,571 284,059 427,154 Water Level Reading: 41.88 meters
06/18 11,043 225,686 442,740 439,049 269,018 412,039 Water Level Reading: 41.82 meters
06/17 10,121 214,643 431,853 423,780 253,591 399,493 Water Level Reading: 41.81 meters
06/16 4,908 204,522 416,917 404,742 237,818 389,299 Water Level Reading: 41.78 meters
06/15 4,456 199,614 400,428 387,121 226,819 375,790 Water Level Reading: 41.66 meters
06/14 5,480 195,158 379,114 375,654 216,375 360,811 Water Level Reading: 41.50 meters
06/13 7,492 189,678 352,098 361,942 204,237 348,521 Water Level Reading: 41.42 meters
06/12 10,430 182,186 312,093 343,405 194,690 336,359 Water Level Reading: 41.31 meters
06/11 13,335 171,756 282,629 323,961 186,635 320,265 Water Level Reading: 41.18 meters
06/10 12,775 158,421 256,962 294,273 178,470 302,105 Water Level Reading: 41.11 meters
06/09 12,951 145,646 232,374 249,092 168,708 280,042 Water Level Reading: 41.01 meters
06/08 11,323 132,695 213,773 187,619 156,751 250,746 Water Level Reading: 40.99 meters
06/07 17,283 121,372 198,247 140,212 144,443 225,243 Water Level Reading: 40.91 meters
06/06 22,011 104,089 180,230 109,534 122,268 204,329 Water Level Reading: 40.62 meters
06/05 14,153 82,078 162,286 89,588 102,540 183,631 Water Level Reading: 40.22 meters
06/04 12,291 67,925 149,144 76,637 86,981 153,035 Water Level Reading: 39.82 meters
06/03 8,422 55,634 137,704 63,442 72,053 114,094 Water Level Reading: 39.52 meters
06/02 4,944 47,212 126,664 53,470 54,757 80,754 Water Level Reading: 39.36 meters
06/01 4,763 42,268 113,052 44,198 37,690 54,919 Water Level Reading: 39.33 meters
05/31 5,424 37,505 101,084 34,537 27,287 37,118 Water Level Reading: 39.26 meters
05/30 6,526 32,081 91,570 27,648 19,164 23,960 Water Level Reading: 39.24 meters
05/29 6,543 25,555 83,145 22,558 11,663 15,611 Water Level Reading: 39.28 meters
05/28 3,808 19,012 75,278 17,043 7,082 10,697 Water Level Reading: 39.33 meters
05/27 3,308 15,204 63,994 11,843 4,029 7,123 Water Level Reading: 39.35 meters
05/26 2,678 11,896 48,399 6,503 2,102 4,188 Water Level Reading: 39.32 meters
05/25 3,392 9,218 35,572 4,370 626 2,394 Water Level Reading: 39.34 meters
05/24 3,155 5,826 24,376 2,808 0 931 Water Level Reading: 39.46 meters
05/23 1,518 2,671 16,410 1,348 0 688 Water Level Reading: 39.51 meters
05/22 820 1,153 9,791 356 0 429 Water Level Reading: 39.57 meters
05/21 165 333 4,648 170 0 284 Water Level Reading: 39.59 meters
05/20 0 168 2,424 87 0 176 Water Level Reading: 39.67 meters
05/19 72 168 1,493 0 0 92 Water Level Reading: 39.77 meters
05/18 96 96 755 0 0 48 Water Level Reading: 39.83 meters
05/17 - - 532 0 0 0  
05/16 - - 277 0 0 0  
05/15 - - 144 0 0 0  
05/14 - - 36 0 0 0  
05/13 - - 36 0 0 0  
05/12 - - 0 0 0 0