{
  "name": "Alaska fish counts: the latest count for every run on akfishtopia.com",
  "description": "For each Alaska salmon and steelhead run with a page on akfishtopia.com: the latest daily count and its date, the season total, the 3-year average to the same date and, where ADF&G sets one, the escapement goal. Counts are the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's preliminary numbers.",
  "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/FishCounts/",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Alaska FishTopia",
    "url": "https://akfishtopia.com/"
  },
  "terms": "Free to use with attribution to Alaska FishTopia (akfishtopia.com) and ADF&G; preliminary, subject to revision",
  "unit": "fish",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-31T04:37:15.860Z",
  "seasonYear": 2026,
  "inSeason": false,
  "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/",
  "files": {
    "json": "https://akfishtopia.com/data/latest-counts.json",
    "csv": "https://akfishtopia.com/data/latest-counts.csv"
  },
  "fields": {
    "latestDate": "date of the latest daily count (YYYY-MM-DD, Alaska)",
    "latestCount": "fish counted that day",
    "seasonYear": "the season the latest count and season total belong to",
    "seasonTotal": "running total for that season (or run, see segment) through latestDate",
    "seasonStart": "first day of the season total",
    "segment": "the run the season total covers, when a count has more than one (e.g. \"late run\")",
    "avg3yrToDate": "average season total to the same date over avgYears",
    "goal": "ADF&G escapement goal range (type: SEG, BEG, OEG; run: which run it applies to)",
    "recoveryGoal": "a recovery escapement goal ADF&G manages to while a run is a stock of concern (Kenai River late-run king: 14,250-30,000), with its source; null otherwise",
    "adfgUrls": "the ADF&G count page(s) the numbers come from"
  },
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      "name": "Kenai River sockeye",
      "river": "Kenai River",
      "species": "sockeye",
      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-08-10",
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      "seasonYear": 2026,
      "seasonTotal": 1111781,
      "seasonStart": "2026-07-01",
      "segment": null,
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      "avgYears": [
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        2024,
        2025
      ],
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        "high": 1300000,
        "run": null
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      "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/kenai-river-sockeye-salmon-fish-counts/",
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      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "kenai-king",
      "name": "Kenai River king",
      "river": "Kenai River",
      "species": "king",
      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-08-22",
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        2024,
        2025
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        "high": 30000,
        "run": "Late Run"
      },
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        "high": 30000,
        "run": "Late Run",
        "source": "ADF&G emergency orders 2-KS-1-3-25 (Feb 11, 2025) and 2-KS-1-7-26 (Feb 9, 2026); late-run king stock of concern management plan, 5 AAC 21.382"
      },
      "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/kenai-river-king-salmon-fish-counts/",
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        "https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/FishCounts/index.cfm?ADFG=main.displayResults&COUNTLOCATIONID=72&SpeciesID=411",
        "https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/FishCounts/index.cfm?ADFG=main.displayResults&COUNTLOCATIONID=72&SpeciesID=412"
      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
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    {
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      ],
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      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "kasilof-king",
      "name": "Kasilof River king (Crooked Creek)",
      "river": "Kasilof River",
      "species": "king",
      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-08-10",
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      "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/kasilof-river-king-salmon-fish-counts/",
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      ],
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      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "russian-sockeye",
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      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-09-02",
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        "high": 85000,
        "run": "Late Run"
      },
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      "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/russian-river-sockeye-salmon-fish-counts/",
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        "https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/FishCounts/index.cfm?ADFG=main.displayResults&COUNTLOCATIONID=13&SpeciesID=422"
      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "russian-coho",
      "name": "Russian River coho",
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        2024,
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      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "anchor-king",
      "name": "Anchor River king",
      "river": "Anchor River",
      "species": "king",
      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-08-27",
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        "high": 6400,
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      "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/anchor-river-chinook-fish-counts/",
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      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "anchor-steelhead",
      "name": "Anchor River steelhead",
      "river": "Anchor River",
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      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-09-28",
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      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "ninilchik-king",
      "name": "Ninilchik River king",
      "river": "Ninilchik River",
      "species": "king",
      "region": "Kenai Peninsula",
      "latestDate": "2026-08-18",
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      ],
      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
    },
    {
      "run": "deshka-king",
      "name": "Deshka River king",
      "river": "Deshka River",
      "species": "king",
      "region": "Mat-Su Valley",
      "latestDate": "2026-07-14",
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      "page": "https://akfishtopia.com/alaska-fish-counts/deshka-river-king-salmon-fish-counts/",
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      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
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      "source": "ADF&G (preliminary)",
      "unit": "fish"
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    {
      "run": "little-susitna-king",
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      "name": "Nushagak River king",
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