Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Norton Sound & Kotzebue Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• 2024 NORTON SOUND-PORT CLARENCE SALMON SEASON SUMMARY (PDF 483 kB) - 10/16/24
• 2024 KOTZEBUE SOUND SALMON SEASON SUMMARY (CORRECTION) (PDF 328 kB) - 9/12/24
• 2024 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Season Summary (PDF 328 kB) - 9/11/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING SCHEDULE FOR NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 5–6 (PDF 194 kB) - 9/6/24
• 2024 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 411 kB) - 9/3/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING TO OPEN IN NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 2 & 3 (PDF 50 kB) - 9/3/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING SCHEDULE FOR NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 4–6 (PDF 114 kB) - 8/27/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING TO OPEN IN NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 2 & 3 (PDF 70 kB) - 8/26/24
• Commercial Fishing to Open in Norton Sound Subdistricts 1–6 (PDF 113 kB) - 8/22/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING TO OPEN IN NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 4–6 (PDF 113 kB) - 8/16/24
• Subsistence Salmon Fishing Schedule for the Nome Subdistrict (PDF 220 kB) - 8/14/24
• Kotzebue Commercial Salmon Fishing Update (PDF 173 kB) - 8/12/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING TO OPEN IN NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 4–6 (PDF 113 kB) - 8/11/24
• Subsistence Salmon Fishing In Subdistricts 5 and 6 (PDF 220 kB) - 8/9/24
• COMMERCIAL FISHING TO OPEN IN NORTON SOUND SUBDISTRICTS 1–6 (PDF 115 kB) - 8/6/24
• Kotzebue Fishery Advisory Announcement #8 (PDF 51 kB) - 8/4/24
• Kotzebue Fishery Advisory Announcement #7 (PDF 196 kB) - 7/31/24
• Commercial Fishing To Open In Norton Sound Subdistricts 1-2 & 4-6 (PDF 200 kB) - 7/27/24
• Kotzebue Fishery Advisory Announcement #6 (PDF 196 kB) - 7/27/24
• Kotzebue Fishery Advisory Announcement #5 (PDF 197 kB) - 7/20/24
• Commercial Fishing To Open In Norton Sound Subdistricts 1-2 & 4-6 (PDF 196 kB) - 7/17/24
• Subsistence Sockeye Salmon Catch Limit Waived At The Pilgrim River (PDF 223 kB) - 7/13/24
• Kotzebue Commercial Salmon Fishing to Open (PDF 52 kB) - 7/12/24
• Subsistence Salmon Fishing to Open in the Pilgrim River (PDF 92 kB) - 7/11/24
• Commercial Fishing to Open in Norton Sound Subdistricts 1 & 2 (PDF 70 kB) - 7/11/24
• Subsistence Salmon Fishing In Subdistrict 5 and 6 (PDF 224 kB) - 7/11/24
• Kotzebue Commercial Fishing To Open (PDF 330 kB) - 7/9/24
• Kotzebue Commercial Salmon Fishing To Open (PDF 330 kB) - 7/9/24
• 2024 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Management Meeting (PDF 194 kB) - 7/2/24
• Subsistence Salmon Fishing Schedule For The Port Clarence District (PDF 200 kB) - 6/26/24
• Commercial Fishing To Open In Norton Sound Subsistricts 1-3 (PDF 170 kB) - 6/25/24
• 2024 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 411 kB) - 6/3/24
• Subsistence Salmon Fishing Schedule For The Nome, Unalakleet, Shaktoolik, Port Clarence Subdistricts, And The Pilgrim River (PDF 206 kB) - 5/31/24
• 2024 Norton Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 626 kB) - 5/23/24

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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)
• 2020 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 5,860 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

• 2023–2026 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Commercial-Subsistence-Personal Use Finfish and Shellfish Fishing Regulations (PDF 1,247 kB)

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

• Stock Composition and Coastal Migration Characteristics of Coho Salmon in Fisheries of Norton Sound, Alaska (PDF 3,526 kB)
• Escapement Goal Review for Select Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Salmon Stocks, 2023 (PDF 2,001 kB)
• Diet and Energy Density Assessment of Juvenile Chinook Salmon from Northeastern Bering Sea Trawl Surveys, 2004–2017 (PDF 1,381 kB)
• Salmon Escapements to the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, 2015–2016 (PDF 2,361 kB)
• 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

• Kotzebue Salmon Statistical Area Map (PDF 453 kB)
• Norton Sound Salmon Statistical Area Map (PDF 225 kB)

Statewide Maps

• Salmon Management Activities