In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 49.8 thousand pounds of blue rockfish worth $162.3 thousand, averaging $3.26 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 85% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 13%. Ranked by total catch value, blue rockfish is 55th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Blue rockfish landings are split between California (87%) and Oregon (13%), with none reported in Washington. It was landed in 14 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Tillamook, Oregon, south to Santa Barbara, California, with confidential landings as far north as Columbia River (OR) and as far south as San Diego. San Francisco led all port areas with 36% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
2 port areas had only confidential blue rockfish data and are excluded from these rankings.
Blue rockfish is landed through much of the year, but 80% of 2025 landed pounds came in July–December, with August the busiest month.
Blue rockfish is landed almost entirely with hook and line (98% 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.