Shumagin Islands marine forecast (NWS zone PKZ753) with current conditions from Sand Point Airport (PASD). Updated hourly.
ECMWF gust forecast model · gust isolines show numeric mph values across the map. Drag the timeline at the bottom to scan the next several days. Cardinal direction names are listed in the table below.
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Official ADF&G Area M schedule — all fishing periods start at 6:00 AM and apply to all gear types.
Daily and cumulative inseason harvest estimates, transcribed each day from the ADF&G Area M inseason report.
| Species Name | Daily | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|
| Chinook | — | — |
| Sockeye | — | — |
| Coho | — | — |
| Pink | — | — |
| Chum | — | — |
| — | — |
Pilot Station Sonar — Official ADF&G Daily Cumulative Tables & Graphs. The ADF&G Oracle Analytics report requires a live session, so it can't be embedded directly — open it on the ADF&G site below.
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Pilot Station Sonar — Historical Cumulative Daily Passage of Chum Salmon, Summer Run. Current-season line plotted against prior years.
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Pilot Station Sonar daily and cumulative counts of summer-run chum salmon, with historical comparisons by date.
Official ADF&G preliminary inseason harvest and run summary.
ADF&G updates preliminary inseason Bristol Bay catch, escapement, and run information during the season. Figures may be revised.
Official ADF&G source
Official ADF&G daily Chignik River weir counts.
ADF&G’s daily weir report shows Chignik River sockeye counts and cumulative escapement. Counts are official inseason estimates and may be updated or revised. ADF&G reports Chignik sockeye as separate early-run, late-run, and total sockeye figures — those labels are kept distinct here.
Official ADF&G source
Early-run sockeye
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See official ADF&G weir report for current count.
Late-run sockeye
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See official ADF&G weir report for current count.
Total sockeye
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See official ADF&G weir report for current count.
Watch · The Chignik fishery in season
Source: YouTube — embedded alongside ADF&G Chignik reports.
Summer salmon is only one part of the year. This guide tracks the next fisheries, likely timing windows, and the official agencies that announce openings, closures, quotas, and catch limits.
Every fishery listed below is subject to quota, regulation, weather, processor capacity, permit requirements, and official opening announcements. Nothing here is a promise that a fishery will open. State (ADF&G) and federal (NOAA/NMFS/IPHC) fisheries are managed separately — always confirm status against the official source linked for that row.
Actual openings are set by ADF&G inseason announcements, not by the published schedule alone.
Timing depends on sector, gear, federal management area, quota allocation, and inseason action.
Timing depends on sector, gear, federal management area, quota allocation, and inseason action.
Open dates and catch limits are set annually by IPHC; IFQ rules are administered by NOAA.
Forecasts and openings vary year-to-year and are confirmed only by official ADF&G announcements.
This row is a community and industry watch, not an official fishery opening calendar.
Top three stories from ADN's Bristol Bay Times section, summarized for the Shumagin region.
A fast-moving grass fire is spreading above Unalaska's Captains Bay Road, pushed by strong wind. Police Chief Kim Hankins has closed the roughly three-mile gravel road to traffic while crews work the blaze, and the City of Unalaska issued a Nixle alert urging residents to stay clear of the area until conditions are safe.
Read at ADN →The homicide case against 24-year-old Dustin Ruckman is returning to an Anchorage courtroom next month after an April jury deadlocked. Ruckman faces two homicide counts tied to the May 2019 Mount Ballyhoo crash in Unalaska that killed teens Karly McDonald and Kiara Renteria Haist. Prosecutors and the victims' families are preparing for a second trial six years after the wreck.
Read at ADN →King Cove leaders say a newly signed land-swap agreement is the closest the community has come to securing a single-lane gravel road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to the Cold Bay airport. The road has been sought for decades as a medical-evacuation lifeline, and officials are framing the new deal as a major step past the legal and federal hurdles that have stalled past attempts.
Read at ADN →Summaries are auto-generated weekly by The Shumagin Current from publicly available ADN / Bristol Bay Times reporting. Follow the links for the full stories and photos.
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