The Russian Federal Fishery Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) has raised the expected catch volume in the Far East region to 364,000 tons, an increase of 50,000 tons.
In February this year, Russian authorities predicted a catch of 199,250 tons in the Kamchatka Peninsula, 61,920 tons in Sakhalin Island, and 36,380 tons in the Khabarovsk region. By species, pink salmon production is 189,130 tons, chum salmon 81,950 tons, and red salmon 31,320 tons, totaling 311,700 tons.
The Far East fishing season started smoothly in June, with a total catch of 6,956 tons by June 22, including 4,298 tons of pink salmon and 2,396 tons of red salmon.
The total catch in Russia's Far East region for 2024 is 235,449 tons, comprising 136,218 tons of pink salmon, 54,630 tons of chum salmon, and 35,948 tons of red salmon.
In Alaska, the Bristol Bay catch also exceeded expectations. According to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI), by June 28, Bristol Bay had caught a cumulative 7,564,000 red salmon, a 166% increase from the same period last year; chum salmon (keta) catch was 191,000, a 165% increase.
Across Alaska, king salmon catch is approximately 24,000, a 51% decrease from last year; pink salmon is 155,000, a 56% decrease. Alaska's fishing season has just begun, with current catch estimated at around 5% of total production, and there are no specific data for silver salmon yet.