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NPAFC Statistical Yearbook

The NPAFC Statistical Yearbook contains catch estimates of Pacific salmon and other marine species in the North Pacific Ocean, as well as the number of salmon released from North Pacific-rim hatcheries. The 1993 to 1998 yearbooks were published annually in printed form. Starting from the 1999-2001 issue, yearbooks have been printed every three years. Catch and hatchery release estimates are sometimes revised after statistical yearbooks are published. All statistical yearbooks (with updated statistics, if any) are available on this webpage using the links below. The 2009 NPAFC Doc. 1199, Rev. 1 prepared by the Working Group on Stock Assessment also provides details, statistics, and an extended time series on salmon statistics.

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Content	Table	Figure
Annual commercial catch by country (number).	Table 1	Figure 1
Annual commercial catch by country (weight).	Table 2	Figure 2
Annual commercial catch by species (number).	Table 3	Figure 3
Annual commercial catch by species (weight).	Table 4	Figure 4
Annual hatchery releases by country (number).	Table 5	Figure 5
Annual hatchery releases by species (number).	Table 6	Figure 6

Commercial Salmon Catch

The average annual catch of anadromous fish by NPAFC member countries during 1993 - 2009 is 418 million fish (884 thousand tonnes). The total catch in 2009 was 606 million fish (1.1 million tonnes), which was the highest record since 1993.

In 2009, major catches were reported by Russia (355 million fish, 552 thousand tonnes), Alaska (163 million fish, 332 thousand tonnes), and Japan (70 million fish, 219 thousand tonnes). Pink salmon (435 million fish, 608 thousand tonnes) and chum salmon (108 million fish, 359 thousand tonnes) constituted the majority of the catch, followed by sockeye (55 million fish, 147 thousand tonnes), coho (6 million fish, 20 thousand tonnes) and Chinook salmon (1 million fish, 6 thousand tonnes).

Hatchery Releases

The annual number of salmon and steelhead trout released from hatcheries in NPAFC member countries during 1993-2009 was almost constant, averaging approximately 5 billion fish. In 2009, salmon hatcheries released 1,974 million (41.2%) in Japan, 1,615 million (33.7%) in the United States, 902 million (18.8%) in Russia, 300 million (6.2%) in Canada, and 6 million (0.1%) in Korea. Most salmon hatchery releases were chum (3,002 million, 62.6%) and pink salmon (1,334 million, 27.8%), followed by sockeye (228 million, 4.7%), Chinook (155 million, 3.2%), and coho salmon (64 million, 1.3%).

Table 1. Annual commercial catch of salmon and steelhead trout by country, in thousands of fish.
Year	Total	Canada	Japan	Republic of Korea	Russia*	United States	Data source and link
1993	416,296	34,998	76,125	NA	105,063	200,109	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1993
1994	424,496	21,087	78,000	NA	125,292	200,117	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1994
1995	458,436	20,729	84,556	NA	129,878	223,273	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1995
1996	396,984	14,679	101,099	NA	102,889	178,317	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1996
1997	384,028	19,531	80,667	NA	156,117	127,713	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1997
1998	409,236	8,813	70,165	NA	175,767	154,490	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1998
1999	453,919	7,835	58,889	NA	169,174	218,021	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1999
2000	334,877	8,538	59,106	NA	127,216	140,017	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2000
2001	399,285	9,971	67,249	NA	143,026	179,039	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2001
2002	308,489	11,756	67,451	60	93,560	135,662	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2002
2003	428,756	16,066	82,486	36	147,112	183,056	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2003
2004	342,059	7,789	75,913	29	86,298	172,029	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2004
2005	491,206	10,183	74,406	23	181,867	224,726	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2005
2006	389,865	8,222	68,652	45	168,625	144,320	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2006
2007	513,545	8,817	74,935	92	213,756	215,944	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2007
2008	347,295	1,692	56,623	83	140,926	147,971	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2008
2009**	605,558	11,150	69,594	50	355,041	169,723	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2009
Mean 93-09	417,902	13,050	73,289	52	154,212	177,325
%	100.00	3.12	17.54	0.01	36.90	42.43
* 2006-2009 catches do not include the catch by foreign fleets operating in the Russian EEZ.
** 2009 catches are preliminary.

Table 2. Annual commercial catch of salmon and steelhead trout by country, in tonnes round weight.
Year	Total	Canada	Japan	Republic of Korea	Russia*	United States	Data source and link
1993	867,893	84,988	208,805	299	170,847	402,954	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1993
1994	882,400	65,781	221,101	341	186,987	408,190	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1994
1995	987,355	48,677	253,111	358	218,436	466,773	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1995
1996	912,617	34,192	296,549	538	176,273	405,065	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1996
1997	843,488	47,356	251,740	553	244,793	299,046	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1997
1998	811,999	30,313	202,845	394	246,139	332,308	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1998
1999	847,569	17,116	174,324	285	242,085	413,759	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1999
2000	727,679	19,496	164,736	51	210,556	332,840	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2000
2001	832,828	24,729	209,325	107	232,245	366,423	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2001
2002	738,091	33,246	217,926	170	183,515	303,233	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2002
2003	939,012	38,605	281,270	115	237,157	381,865	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2003
2004	830,253	25,902	252,417	97	167,843	383,994	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2004
2005	982,474	27,190	239,561	55	266,375	449,293	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2005
2006	869,782	25,734	222,323	123	275,254	346,348	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2006
2007	1,039,644	21,952	227,088	245	348,706	441,653	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2007
2008	768,059	6,074	172,041	217	260,324	329,403	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2008
2009**	1,142,362	24,790	218,504	134	551,513	347,421	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2009
Mean 93-09	883,736	33,891	224,333	240	248,179	377,092
%	100.00	3.83	25.38	0.03	28.08	42.67
* 2006-2009 catches do not include the catch by foreign fleets operating in the Russian EEZ. ** 2009 catches are preliminary.

Table 3. Annual commercial catch of salmon and steelhead trout by species, in thousand of fish.*

Year Total Sockeye Pink Chum Coho Chinook Steelhead Cherry Data source and link

1993 416,298 93,207 224,281 87,279 9,215 2,178 61 76 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1993

1994 424,496 70,982 243,391 94,699 13,532 1,728 50 114 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1994

1995 458,436 75,755 263,230 107,953 9,370 2,052 43 33 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1995

1996 396,984 64,584 205,569 116,431 8,840 1,477 54 30 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1996

1997 384,028 49,489 226,494 101,500 4,499 1,996 50 1 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1997

1998 409,236 29,732 286,350 86,274 5,510 1,327 44 0 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1998

1999 453,908 50,859 318,835 77,621 5,358 1,205 29 0 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1999

2000 334,866 43,571 207,038 77,383 5,524 1,309 42 0 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2000

2001 339,265 35,457 269,190 87,331 6,232 1,001 55 0 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2001

2002 308,489 35,262 181,497 83,307 6,364 2,023 35 1 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2002

2003 428,756 40,273 281,129 99,607 5,556 2,154 33 4 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2003

2004 342,059 52,300 181,401 98,823 7,138 2,358 38 0 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2004

2005 491,206 51,176 343,567 88,481 5,989 1,944 36 13 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2005

2006 389,865 55,535 225,712 101,726 5,440 1,414 31 7 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2006

2007 513,545 59,016 350,861 96,686 5,535 1,385 57 5 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2007

2008 347,295 49,813 201,984 88,318 6,256 875 37 11 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2008

2009** 605,558 54,584 435,419 108,113 6,304 1,070 61 7 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2009

Mean 93-09 417,899 53,623 261,526 94,208 6,862 1,617 45 18

% 100.00 12.83 62.58 22.54 1.64 0.39 0.01 0.00

* 2006-2009 catches do not include the catch by foreign fleets operating in the Russian EEZ.
** 2009 catches are preliminary.

Table 4. Annual commercial catch of salmon and steelhead trout by species, in tonnes round weight*.

Year Total Sockeye Pink Chum Coho Chinook Steelhead Cherry Data source and link

1993 867,894 242,236 303,976 279,112 25,540 15,222 266 1,543 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1993

1994 882,399 182,468 322,862 316,134 45,868 13,174 199 1,694 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1994

1995 987,356 190,886 390,705 359,593 30,607 13,986 168 1,411 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1995

1996 912,617 181,486 288,798 401,886 28,140 10,415 213 1,678 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1996

1997 843,488 130,804 338,313 345,512 14,342 13,333 194 991 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1997

1998 811,999 77,466 389,595 313,430 19,942 9,651 180 1,734 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1998

1999 847,569 126,947 408,927 285,875 15,801 8,770 120 1,129 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1999

2000 727,679 121,305 293,702 284,534 18,610 8,423 149 956 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2000

2001 832,829 106,322 386,941 308,424 21,111 9,030 222 779 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2001

2002 738,091 100,963 277,254 321,787 22,454 14,349 149 1,135 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2002

2003 939,012 112,057 421,444 370,172 18,941 15,076 144 1,177 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2003

2004 830,253 141,343 293,589 354,072 24,040 16,122 157 930 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2004

2005 982,474 145,094 487,319 316,885 18,669 13,571 0 937 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2005

2006 869,782 147,026 334,144 358,984 18,055 10,374 1 1,199 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2006

2007 1,039,644 158,767 525,292 327,746 16,972 9,181 188 1,499 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2007

2008 768,059 131,700 309,731 296,403 21,907 6,723 212 1,382 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2008

2009** 1,142,362 146,697 608,177 359,081 19,808 6,445 169 1,985 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2009

Mean 93-09 883,736 143,739 375,339 329,390 22,400 11,403 161 1,303

% 100.00 16.26 42.47 37.27 2.53 1.29 0.02 0.15

* 2006-2009 catches do not include the catch by foreign fleets operating in the Russian EEZ.
** 2009 catches are preliminary.

Table 5. Annual hatchery releases of salmon and steelhead trout by countries, in millions of fish.

Year Total Canada Japan Republic of Korea Russia United States Data source and link

1993 5046.0 646.1 2115.9 14.7 531.5 1737.8 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1993

1994 4990.4 578.0 2208.1 16.1 459.7 1728.4 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1994

1995 5141.5 530.3 2151.2 15.8 478.1 1966.0 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1995

1996 5269.7 374.4 2165.2 16.0 626.6 2087.5 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1996

1997 5033.2 534.4 2097.5 16.3 618.7 1766.3 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1997

1998 4852.3 336.3 2029.9 19.4 616.4 1850.4 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1998

1999 4823.0 398.2 2026.8 21.5 566.6 1809.9 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1999

2000 4840.1 364.1 1972.1 19.0 670.8 1814.1 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2000

2001 4738.3 338.5 1991.7 5.3 590.4 1812.5 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2001

2002 5010.0 475.3 2008.9 10.5 669.7 1845.7 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2002

2003 5006.3 511.8 1998.3 14.7 616.1 1865.4 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2003

2004 5156.4 534.1 1975.9 12.9 685.9 1947.6 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2004

2005 4976.7 518.7 2003.0 11.3 684.1 1759.6 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2005

2006 4845.5 425.1 2017.2 7.4 670.3 1725.6 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2006

2007 5097.7 378.9 2034.4 13.8 775.2 1895.4 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2007

2008 5093.6 329.9 2043.6 16.6 927.8 1775.7 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2008

2009** 4796.5 299.5 1974.4 5.8 901.7 1615.1 NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2009

Mean 93-09 4983.4 445.5 2047.9 13.9 652.3 1823.7

% 100.00 8.94 41.09 0.28 13.09 36.60

** 2009 catches are preliminary.

Table 6. Annual hatchery releases of salmon and steelhead by species, in millions of fish.
Year	Total	Sockeye	Pink	Chum	Coho	Chinook	Steelhead	Cherry	Data source and link
1993	5046.0	379.7	1271.1	2965.5	104.5	279.8	28.0	17.4	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1993
1994	4990.4	329.5	1221.5	2959.2	112.8	320.5	31.9	15.0	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1994
1995	5154.5	270.1	1357.6	3002.2	115.8	349.8	32.8	13.2	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1995
1996	5269.7	210.8	1487.4	3078.6	122.5	321.6	32.1	16.8	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1996
1997	5033.2	410.5	1253.2	2904.4	110.6	305.9	30.8	17.8	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1997
1998	4852.3	183.2	1378.3	2849.0	104.8	292.4	29.6	15.0	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1998
1999	4823.0	241.4	1302.1	2860.8	110.1	263.2	28.6	17.0	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 1999
2000	4840.1	232.4	1372.1	2833.1	96.5	263.0	27.7	15.5	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2000
2001	4738.3	243.8	1368.4	2722.1	99.0	258.1	29.0	17.8	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2001
2002	5010.0	333.5	1454.6	2829.4	95.0	261.3	22.3	13.9	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2002
2003	5006.3	393.1	1359.6	2877.3	89.1	249.8	20.1	17.2	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2003
2004	5156.4	450.6	1420.4	2928.4	95.5	227.5	13.5	20.5	NPAFC Statistical Yearbook 2004
2005	4976.7	381.4	1244.2	3005.3	86.7