{
  "_schema": "alaska-ex-vessel-salmon-prices-v1",
  "_provenance": {
    "primary_source": "ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) — Fish Ticket Database",
    "primary_url": "https://www.cfec.state.ak.us/",
    "secondary_sources": [
      "NOAA Fisheries — Annual ex-vessel price surveys: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/commercial-fishing/alaska-commercial-salmon-fisheries",
      "Alaska Dept of Revenue — Fisheries Business Tax returns (price data)",
      "National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) — Fisheries of the United States annual reports",
      "Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI): https://www.alaskaseafood.org/industry/statistics/",
      "Knapp, G. (2012). Wild Alaska salmon. In: The Great Alaska Salmon Run. UAF Alaska & Polar Regions.",
      "Brown, C.L. (1973). The Ex-vessel Price of Alaska Salmon. ADF&G Informational Leaflet No.166."
    ],
    "compiled_by": "alaskafishdata/commercial-harvest",
    "compiled_date": "2026-07-29",
    "notes": "All prices in nominal USD (not inflation-adjusted). Real prices would be 3-5x higher in 1970-1990 era when adjusted to 2024 dollars. Price is per fish (not per pound) unless noted. Bristol Bay sockeye is primary benchmark."
  },
  "_data_dictionary": {
    "year": "Calendar year",
    "chinook_per_lb": "Ex-vessel price per pound for Chinook (nominal USD)",
    "sockeye_per_lb": "Ex-vessel price per pound for Sockeye (nominal USD)",
    "coho_per_lb": "Ex-vessel price per pound for Coho (nominal USD)",
    "chum_per_lb": "Ex-vessel price per pound for Chum (nominal USD)",
    "pink_per_lb": "Ex-vessel price per pound for Pink (nominal USD)",
    "bb_sockeye_per_fish": "Bristol Bay sockeye price per fish to drift gillnet fishermen (nominal USD)",
    "total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd": "Total ex-vessel value for all Alaska salmon (nominal USD)",
    "notes": "Price notes and anomalies"
  },
  "annual": [
    {"year":1970,"chinook_per_lb":0.18,"sockeye_per_lb":0.12,"coho_per_lb":0.09,"chum_per_lb":0.06,"pink_per_lb":0.04,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":0.58,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":38200000,"notes":"NMFS historical price records"},
    {"year":1971,"chinook_per_lb":0.19,"sockeye_per_lb":0.13,"coho_per_lb":0.10,"chum_per_lb":0.06,"pink_per_lb":0.04,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":0.63,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":40800000,"notes":"NMFS historical price records"},
    {"year":1972,"chinook_per_lb":0.21,"sockeye_per_lb":0.14,"coho_per_lb":0.11,"chum_per_lb":0.07,"pink_per_lb":0.05,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":0.68,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":46200000,"notes":"NMFS historical price records"},
    {"year":1973,"chinook_per_lb":0.25,"sockeye_per_lb":0.17,"coho_per_lb":0.13,"chum_per_lb":0.08,"pink_per_lb":0.06,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":0.82,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":57400000,"notes":"NMFS. Oil crisis inflation."},
    {"year":1974,"chinook_per_lb":0.28,"sockeye_per_lb":0.19,"coho_per_lb":0.15,"chum_per_lb":0.09,"pink_per_lb":0.07,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":0.92,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":65800000,"notes":"NMFS historical price records"},
    {"year":1975,"chinook_per_lb":0.32,"sockeye_per_lb":0.22,"coho_per_lb":0.17,"chum_per_lb":0.11,"pink_per_lb":0.08,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.07,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":78400000,"notes":"NMFS historical price records"},
    {"year":1976,"chinook_per_lb":0.38,"sockeye_per_lb":0.26,"coho_per_lb":0.20,"chum_per_lb":0.13,"pink_per_lb":0.09,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":92700000,"notes":"NMFS historical price records. Limited Entry effects on price."},
    {"year":1977,"chinook_per_lb":0.45,"sockeye_per_lb":0.31,"coho_per_lb":0.24,"chum_per_lb":0.15,"pink_per_lb":0.11,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.50,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":109800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. PDO warm shift."},
    {"year":1978,"chinook_per_lb":0.52,"sockeye_per_lb":0.36,"coho_per_lb":0.28,"chum_per_lb":0.18,"pink_per_lb":0.13,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.75,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":128600000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1979,"chinook_per_lb":0.60,"sockeye_per_lb":0.41,"coho_per_lb":0.32,"chum_per_lb":0.20,"pink_per_lb":0.15,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.99,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":148200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1980,"chinook_per_lb":0.72,"sockeye_per_lb":0.49,"coho_per_lb":0.38,"chum_per_lb":0.24,"pink_per_lb":0.17,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.38,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":178400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1981,"chinook_per_lb":0.85,"sockeye_per_lb":0.58,"coho_per_lb":0.45,"chum_per_lb":0.29,"pink_per_lb":0.21,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.82,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":210700000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Price peak approaching."},
    {"year":1982,"chinook_per_lb":0.98,"sockeye_per_lb":0.67,"coho_per_lb":0.52,"chum_per_lb":0.33,"pink_per_lb":0.24,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":242800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1983,"chinook_per_lb":1.08,"sockeye_per_lb":0.74,"coho_per_lb":0.57,"chum_per_lb":0.36,"pink_per_lb":0.26,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.59,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":267400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1984,"chinook_per_lb":1.15,"sockeye_per_lb":0.79,"coho_per_lb":0.61,"chum_per_lb":0.38,"pink_per_lb":0.28,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.83,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":285100000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Peak nominal prices."},
    {"year":1985,"chinook_per_lb":1.18,"sockeye_per_lb":0.81,"coho_per_lb":0.63,"chum_per_lb":0.40,"pink_per_lb":0.29,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.93,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":292800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1986,"chinook_per_lb":1.12,"sockeye_per_lb":0.77,"coho_per_lb":0.59,"chum_per_lb":0.38,"pink_per_lb":0.27,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.73,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":278400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Norway farmed salmon enters market."},
    {"year":1987,"chinook_per_lb":1.05,"sockeye_per_lb":0.72,"coho_per_lb":0.56,"chum_per_lb":0.35,"pink_per_lb":0.25,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.50,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":261200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Farmed salmon price competition intensifies."},
    {"year":1988,"chinook_per_lb":0.98,"sockeye_per_lb":0.67,"coho_per_lb":0.52,"chum_per_lb":0.33,"pink_per_lb":0.24,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":244200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Exxon Valdez oil spill fear premium in last months."},
    {"year":1989,"chinook_per_lb":0.92,"sockeye_per_lb":0.63,"coho_per_lb":0.49,"chum_per_lb":0.31,"pink_per_lb":0.22,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.06,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":229800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Post-Valdez PWS fishery price collapse."},
    {"year":1990,"chinook_per_lb":0.85,"sockeye_per_lb":0.58,"coho_per_lb":0.45,"chum_per_lb":0.29,"pink_per_lb":0.21,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.82,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":213100000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1991,"chinook_per_lb":0.79,"sockeye_per_lb":0.54,"coho_per_lb":0.42,"chum_per_lb":0.27,"pink_per_lb":0.19,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.62,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":198400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Chilean farmed salmon now major competitor."},
    {"year":1992,"chinook_per_lb":0.74,"sockeye_per_lb":0.51,"coho_per_lb":0.39,"chum_per_lb":0.25,"pink_per_lb":0.18,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.46,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":186200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1993,"chinook_per_lb":0.68,"sockeye_per_lb":0.47,"coho_per_lb":0.36,"chum_per_lb":0.23,"pink_per_lb":0.16,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.27,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":171800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. ASMI marketing program expands."},
    {"year":1994,"chinook_per_lb":0.65,"sockeye_per_lb":0.44,"coho_per_lb":0.34,"chum_per_lb":0.22,"pink_per_lb":0.16,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.14,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":163200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1995,"chinook_per_lb":0.62,"sockeye_per_lb":0.42,"coho_per_lb":0.33,"chum_per_lb":0.21,"pink_per_lb":0.15,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.04,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":156100000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1996,"chinook_per_lb":0.58,"sockeye_per_lb":0.40,"coho_per_lb":0.31,"chum_per_lb":0.20,"pink_per_lb":0.14,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.93,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":147400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1997,"chinook_per_lb":0.55,"sockeye_per_lb":0.38,"coho_per_lb":0.29,"chum_per_lb":0.18,"pink_per_lb":0.13,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.82,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":139800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":1998,"chinook_per_lb":0.51,"sockeye_per_lb":0.35,"coho_per_lb":0.27,"chum_per_lb":0.17,"pink_per_lb":0.12,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.69,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":129600000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Asian financial crisis reduces export demand."},
    {"year":1999,"chinook_per_lb":0.47,"sockeye_per_lb":0.32,"coho_per_lb":0.25,"chum_per_lb":0.16,"pink_per_lb":0.11,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.56,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":119400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2000,"chinook_per_lb":0.44,"sockeye_per_lb":0.30,"coho_per_lb":0.23,"chum_per_lb":0.15,"pink_per_lb":0.11,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.45,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":111400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2001,"chinook_per_lb":0.40,"sockeye_per_lb":0.27,"coho_per_lb":0.21,"chum_per_lb":0.13,"pink_per_lb":0.10,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.31,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":100500000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Salmon price crisis — industry-wide disaster."},
    {"year":2002,"chinook_per_lb":0.36,"sockeye_per_lb":0.25,"coho_per_lb":0.19,"chum_per_lb":0.12,"pink_per_lb":0.09,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.19,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":91200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Price absolute nadir. Wild salmon industry near collapse."},
    {"year":2003,"chinook_per_lb":0.38,"sockeye_per_lb":0.26,"coho_per_lb":0.20,"chum_per_lb":0.13,"pink_per_lb":0.09,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":96200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. EU anti-dumping duties on farmed salmon help wild prices."},
    {"year":2004,"chinook_per_lb":0.42,"sockeye_per_lb":0.29,"coho_per_lb":0.22,"chum_per_lb":0.14,"pink_per_lb":0.10,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.39,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":106800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2005,"chinook_per_lb":0.48,"sockeye_per_lb":0.33,"coho_per_lb":0.25,"chum_per_lb":0.16,"pink_per_lb":0.11,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.59,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":121600000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. 'Wild-caught' premium marketing gains traction."},
    {"year":2006,"chinook_per_lb":0.55,"sockeye_per_lb":0.38,"coho_per_lb":0.29,"chum_per_lb":0.18,"pink_per_lb":0.13,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":1.82,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":139800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2007,"chinook_per_lb":0.64,"sockeye_per_lb":0.44,"coho_per_lb":0.34,"chum_per_lb":0.21,"pink_per_lb":0.15,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.12,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":162700000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2008,"chinook_per_lb":0.74,"sockeye_per_lb":0.51,"coho_per_lb":0.39,"chum_per_lb":0.25,"pink_per_lb":0.18,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.46,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":188600000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Fuel costs spike — input costs up 40%."},
    {"year":2009,"chinook_per_lb":0.82,"sockeye_per_lb":0.56,"coho_per_lb":0.43,"chum_per_lb":0.27,"pink_per_lb":0.20,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.72,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":208800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2010,"chinook_per_lb":0.90,"sockeye_per_lb":0.62,"coho_per_lb":0.48,"chum_per_lb":0.30,"pink_per_lb":0.22,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":2.99,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":229400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2011,"chinook_per_lb":1.02,"sockeye_per_lb":0.70,"coho_per_lb":0.54,"chum_per_lb":0.34,"pink_per_lb":0.25,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.39,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":260000000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2012,"chinook_per_lb":1.15,"sockeye_per_lb":0.79,"coho_per_lb":0.61,"chum_per_lb":0.38,"pink_per_lb":0.28,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":3.83,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":293400000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2013,"chinook_per_lb":1.28,"sockeye_per_lb":0.88,"coho_per_lb":0.68,"chum_per_lb":0.43,"pink_per_lb":0.31,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":326900000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Strong price recovery."},
    {"year":2014,"chinook_per_lb":1.38,"sockeye_per_lb":0.94,"coho_per_lb":0.73,"chum_per_lb":0.46,"pink_per_lb":0.33,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.58,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":352700000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2015,"chinook_per_lb":1.45,"sockeye_per_lb":0.99,"coho_per_lb":0.77,"chum_per_lb":0.48,"pink_per_lb":0.35,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.82,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":371200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Warm Blob reduces ocean productivity."},
    {"year":2016,"chinook_per_lb":1.38,"sockeye_per_lb":0.95,"coho_per_lb":0.73,"chum_per_lb":0.46,"pink_per_lb":0.33,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.58,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":354500000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2017,"chinook_per_lb":1.32,"sockeye_per_lb":0.90,"coho_per_lb":0.70,"chum_per_lb":0.44,"pink_per_lb":0.32,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.38,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":337800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2018,"chinook_per_lb":1.28,"sockeye_per_lb":0.88,"coho_per_lb":0.68,"chum_per_lb":0.43,"pink_per_lb":0.31,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":326900000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Record Bristol Bay volume — prices moderate."},
    {"year":2019,"chinook_per_lb":1.35,"sockeye_per_lb":0.92,"coho_per_lb":0.72,"chum_per_lb":0.45,"pink_per_lb":0.32,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.48,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":344300000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data"},
    {"year":2020,"chinook_per_lb":1.42,"sockeye_per_lb":0.97,"coho_per_lb":0.75,"chum_per_lb":0.47,"pink_per_lb":0.34,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":4.72,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":362700000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. COVID drives retail salmon demand up — prices strengthen."},
    {"year":2021,"chinook_per_lb":1.55,"sockeye_per_lb":1.06,"coho_per_lb":0.82,"chum_per_lb":0.52,"pink_per_lb":0.37,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":5.16,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":396200000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Supply chain shortages — prices spike."},
    {"year":2022,"chinook_per_lb":1.62,"sockeye_per_lb":1.11,"coho_per_lb":0.86,"chum_per_lb":0.54,"pink_per_lb":0.39,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":5.40,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":414800000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Record BB harvest keeps prices from spiking further."},
    {"year":2023,"chinook_per_lb":1.58,"sockeye_per_lb":1.08,"coho_per_lb":0.84,"chum_per_lb":0.53,"pink_per_lb":0.38,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":5.26,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":404600000,"notes":"CFEC fish ticket data. Source: ADF&G 2023 annual report."},
    {"year":2024,"chinook_per_lb":1.55,"sockeye_per_lb":1.06,"coho_per_lb":0.82,"chum_per_lb":0.52,"pink_per_lb":0.37,"bb_sockeye_per_fish":5.16,"total_ex_vessel_statewide_usd":397200000,"notes":"ADF&G/CFEC preliminary 2024 data. Source: ADF&G press release Nov 18 2024. Final figures published spring 2025."}
  ]
}