Module · API

Alaska Fish API

REST endpoints returning JSON, GeoJSON, and CSV. Free tier for researchers and students. Production tier with SLAs and bulk pulls.

Sub-100ms p95

Edge-cached on Cloudflare. Daily snapshots in R2.

Keyed access

Free 1,000 req/day. Pro $29/mo, 1M req/mo.

Stable schemas

Versioned at /v1/. Breaking changes only at major bumps.

Endpoints

GET
/v1/counts
Live and historical passage counts
GET
/v1/rivers
Index of all monitored rivers
GET
/v1/rivers/{slug}
Single river snapshot + history
GET
/v1/species
Species aggregates and timing windows
GET
/v1/escapement
Goals and progress by river
GET
/v1/commercial
Harvest, ex-vessel, permits by district
GET
/v1/forecasts
Bayesian run-timing forecasts
GET
/v1/eo
Emergency orders feed
GET
/v1/weather
River temperature, flow, ocean SST

Quickstart

# Get the Kvichak River live snapshot
$ curl https://api.alaskafishdata.com/v1/rivers/kvichak-river \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Sample response

{
  "slug": "kvichak-river",
  "name": "Kvichak River",
  "region": "Bristol Bay",
  "ytd": 7420180,
  "today": 188210,
  "percentile": 92,
  "escapementGoal": [2000000, 10000000],
  "status": "open",
  "asOf": "2026-07-12T18:00:00Z"
}