TAHLTAN LAKE SOCKEYE
• Escapement Goal Range: 11,000–25,000
Management Objective: 22,600
• 2026 Terminal Tahltan Run Forecast: 123,000
MAINSTEM SOCKEYE
• Escapement Goal Range: 13,000–33,000
Management Objective: 21,000
• 2026 Terminal Run Forecast: 60,000
• Total Combined Stikine Sockeye Salmon
Run Forecast: ~183,000
Given the 2026 forecast of 183,000 sockeye salmon, this should be a good fishing year for all Stikine River Harvesters. TCG Fisheries Department wishes our Tahltan families and fishers a safe, successful, and abundant harvest.