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Bigeye Tuna Commercial Fishing Landings

PacFIN landings inCA · ORData through2025

In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 364.4 thousand pounds of bigeye tuna worth $1.7 million, averaging $4.60 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 6% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 2%. Ranked by total catch value, bigeye tuna is 25th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.

Bigeye Tuna Ex-Vessel Value by Year

  • California

Oregon landings of bigeye tuna total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.

Bigeye tuna is landed only in California, in 2 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, 1 of them confidential, with reported landings only at San Diego and confidential landings as far north as Los Angeles. San Diego accounted for virtually all reported value.

Top Port Area for Bigeye Tuna, 2025

Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.

Top Port Areas for Bigeye Tuna by Ex-Vessel Value with Landed Weight and Price Per Pound (2025)

1 port area has confidential bigeye tuna data and is excluded from these rankings.

Season & Gear

Most 2025 monthly bigeye tuna landings are confidential; reported landings came in February and May.

Bigeye Tuna Landed Pounds by Month, 2025

  • California

9 months have only confidential bigeye tuna landings and are shown as empty.

Bigeye tuna is landed entirely with hook and line (100% of its 2025 West Coast ex-vessel value, based on PacFIN gear-group landings).

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Data sourced from PacFIN (Pacific Fisheries Information Network) and carries the limitations of that source, including reporting lags and confidentiality thresholds for landings with fewer than 3 vessels. Cormorant does not guarantee accuracy and is not a substitute for official fisheries reporting.