Special Reports & Forecasts

2026 Illex Season: Catch Trajectory & Forecast Analysis

The WK14 spawning aggregation — 4,343 MT, a 51.3% surge over WK13 without precedent in the five-season panel — resets the season. The four-model BMA ensemble lifts the full-season base case 18.0% to 35,309 MT (Bull 37,383, 35%; Bear 32,541, 10%).