Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Norton Sound & Kotzebue Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

There are no announcements for this fishery since January 1, 2023

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Harvest

• 2022 Kotzebue Season Summary (PDF 298 kB)
• 2022 Norton Sound Season Summary (PDF 270 kB)
• Inseason AYK Commercial Salmon Harvest
• Statewide Salmon Harvest

Management

Outlook & Management Plans

• 2022 Norton Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 900 kB)
• 2022 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 200 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• 2021 Annual Management Report Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Arctic, Kotzebue Areas (PDF 6,179 kB)
• 2019 Annual Management Report Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Arctic, Kotzebue Areas (PDF 6,415 kB)
• 2018 Annual Management Report Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Arctic, Kotzebue Areas (PDF 6,059 kB)
• 2017 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 5,330 kB)
• 2016 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,914 kB)
• 2015 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,862 kB)
• 2014 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,849 kB)
• 2013 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,810 kB)
• 2012 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 6,638 kB)
• 2011 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 8,002 kB)
• 2010 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 18,621 kB)
• 2009 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 4,700 kB)
• 2008 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 5,176 kB)
• 2007 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 2,091 kB)
• 2006 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 2,522 kB)

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Regulations

• 2019-2021 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Commercial-Subsistence-Personal Use Finfish and Shellfish Fishing Regulations (PDF 1,123 kB)
  (Includes changes made effective through July 2019)

Publications

• Norton Sound Subdistrict 5 (Shaktoolik) and Subdistrict 6 (Unalakleet) Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2010; a Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 428 kB)
• Norton Sound, Golovin, and Moses Point Subdistricts Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2010; a Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 1,394 kB)
• Norton Sound Subdistrict 1 (Nome) Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2010; a Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 601 kB)
• Kobuk River Test Fishing Project, 2008 (PDF 1,672 kB)

Forecasts

• Statewide Salmon Forecast

Research

• Unalakleet River Chinook salmon escapement monitoring and assessment, 2017 (PDF 430 kB)
• Use of Acoustic Tags to Examine Movement of Chum Salmon in Nearshore Marine Waters of Northern Norton Sound, 2015-201 (PDF 5,357 kB)
• Unalakleet River Chinook salmon escapement monitoring and assessment, 2015 (PDF 1,131 kB)
• Salmon escapements to the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, 2008-2012 (PDF 1,476 kB)
• Norton Sound Salmon Fisheries-history, Stock Abundance, and Management (PDF 45 kB)
• Chinook salmon fecundity in the Unalakleet River, 2008-2010 (PDF 360 kB)
• Abundance and distribution of Fish River coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in 2005 and 2006 (PDF 1,598 kB)

Fish Counts

• Fish Counts and Escapement Monitoring Data

Maps

Statistical Area Maps

• Norton Sound Salmon Statistical Area Map (PDF 181 kB)

Statewide Maps

• Salmon Management Activities