ANALYSIS: Pink Salmon Landings Trail Historical Odd-Year Performance
Pink salmon runs follow a distinct biennial pattern, with odd-numbered years traditionally producing stronger returns than even years. The 2025 season is adhering to this pattern, significantly outperforming the previous even-year cycle, though it remains below recent odd-year benchmarks.
Current data shows 2025 pink salmon landings at 113,695 thousand fish (113.6 million fish). While this represents the expected odd-year strength at 193% over 2024's run of 38,804 thousand fish, the harvest appears to be trailing historical odd-year performance by notable margins. Compared to...
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