A run of sockeye salmon. A record number of sockeye have returned to Skagit Bay and the Skagit river on their annual spawning migration, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The commercial salmon harvest in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, site of the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs, held a mixture of good news and bad news this year. The run of sockeye salmon, also known as red ...

A record number of sockeye salmon returned to Skagit Bay and the Skagit River this year on their annual spawning migration. From June through October, more than 91,880 sockeye returned to the Skagit ...

WDFW reports 91,880 sockeye returned to Skagit and Baker River system in 2025. 1.5 million juvenile sockeye passed Baker Lake collectors in May 2025. PSE, Upper Skagit, Swinomish and WDFW expanded ...