Built by fishermen,
for fishermen
RedRun is built by Alaska commercial fishermen, mostly out of Bristol Bay. We got tired of chasing run data across a dozen government pages, so we put it in one place.
The problem
Alaska fishing data is public, but it is scattered. Escapement counts live on one ADF&G page, emergency orders on another, marine forecasts on NOAA, ex-vessel prices somewhere else again. Half of it is a PDF. During a season you do not have time to check six sources before deciding where to be tomorrow.
RedRun pulls all of it into one place and keeps it current through the season — 57 counting stations across 12 Alaska regions, updated as the agencies publish.
Where the data comes from
Every number on RedRun comes from a public government source. We aggregate and present it; we do not generate or estimate fish counts. When a figure is a RedRun model output rather than an agency figure, it is labeled as such.
- Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G)
- Daily escapement counts from counting stations, emergency orders, area openings and closures, pre-season forecasts, and the document archive.
- NOAA / National Weather Service
- Marine zone forecasts and buoy observations for Alaska fishing waters.
- AKFIN / CFEC
- Ex-vessel pricing, permit statistics, and fishery economics data.
RedRun is an independent product. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with ADF&G, NOAA, AKFIN, or CFEC. We republish their public data and attribute it to them.
Emergency closures are always free
RedRun is a paid product, with one deliberate exception: ADF&G emergency closure notices reach everyone, subscriber or not. Safety information should not sit behind a paywall. That carve-out is built into the product, not a policy we promise to remember.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or a data source we should be carrying? Email support@redrunfishing.com.
If you spot a number that looks wrong, tell us. We would rather fix it than have you plan a season around it.