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2025 Fishing
In-Season Harvest Data
Cost Recovery
Cost recovery in 2025 for chum salmon will occur at the four sites listed below. The 2025 THA closure dates for cost recovery harvest to begin are listed below by site. Unless an emergency develops, these closure dates will be utilized. Once closed for cost recovery THA’s will remain closed until cost recovery is complete. Additional THA information regarding fishing schedules, rotations and cost recovery information can be found here: NSRAA 2025 THA Fishing Schedules
SITKA AREA
Closed for cost recovery
HIDDEN FALLS
SOUTHEAST COVE
CRAWFISH INLET
Closed for cost recovery
Test Fisheries
2025 Update: PAGE
Chum
Deep Inlet Chum 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
Hidden Falls Chum 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
Southeast Cove Chum 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
Thomas Bay Chum 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
Crawfish Inlet Chum 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
Chinook
NSRAA Chinook 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
NSRAA Spring Troll 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
Coho
NSRAA Coho 2025 Update: PAGE — PDF version
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Support Alaska Hatcheries at Board of Fisheries - Alaska Board of Fisheries Proposals. Your voice is needed. The board of fisheries will take up three hatchery proposals at the statewide meeting. Proposals 170, 171, and 172 seek to impose broad, preemptive reductions or moratoria on Alaska’s private nonprofit (PNP) salmon hatchery program without demonstrating a causal link between hatchery production and the specific […]
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August 25th-Deep Inlet to reopen Tuesday August 26th - Cost recovery has been completed for Deep Inlet. The Deep Inlet THA will reopen starting Tuesday with the following rotation for this week(stat wk 35)-Tuesday-Troll, Wednesday-seine, Thur/Fri-gillnet, Saturday seine. Next week the Deep Inlet rotation will revert to the regular schedule of Sunday-seine, Mon-Wed-gillnet, Thur/Fri-seine and Saturday-troll. The ADFG announcement should be out shortly.
August 22-Deep Inlet Cost Recovery Progress Update - Based upon Friday morning Deep Inlet cost recovery progress, a Deep Inlet reopening announcement will not be issued at this time. At current harvest rates it is unlikely our cost recovery goal will be met by end of day Saturday. The next potential reopening announcement has been pushed back to Monday, August 25th and will […]
Return Update-August 19th - Deep Inlet Last week a total of 276,000 chum salmon returned to Deep Inlet. The majority of the harvest, 156,000, occurred in the pink salmon seine fishery in Eastern Channel. Troll harvest in Sitka Sounds also increased last week with approximately 60,000 chum harvested by 67 troll permit holders. An additional 35,000 chum were harvested […]Information
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Deep Inlet Notice
To Deep Inlet THA Fishery User Groups:
A reminder about boat traffic and anchoring near island homes in the Deep Inlet area.
Please review our plan:
Berry Island Resident Impact and Noise Reduction Plan
Hidden Falls Hatchery Visitor Schedule
Hidden Falls has become a popular destination for visitors!
Follow instructions on this PAGE to schedule a visit.
2025 Season Review
2025 NSRAA Salmon Returns Summary – Board Report
2025 NSRAA Salmon Returns Summary – Board Presentation (Large file)
2026 Season Forecasts
2025 NSRAA THA Fishing Schedules
NSRAA 2025 THA Schedules – All projects
Deep Inlet Schedule – ADF&G News Release
Southeast Cove Schedule – ADF&G News Release
Thomas Bay Schedule – ADF&G News Release
Crawfish Inlet (Troll) Schedule – ADF&G News Release
Hidden Falls (Troll) Schedule – ADF&G News Release
Gunnuk Creek (Troll) Schedule – ADF&G News Release
Silver Bay (Troll) Schedule – ADF&G News Release
2026 NSRAA Spring Board Meeting, March 4th and 5th
Agenda pending, likely from from 9am to 5pm each day.
The meeting will be held at the NSRAA office, located at 1308 Sawmill Creek Road, Sitka AK
Click this link to take you to the Board Meeting Information Page Board Info | NSRAA