In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 2.1 million pounds of chilipepper rockfish worth $1.4 million, averaging $0.68 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 4% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 8%. Ranked by total catch value, chilipepper rockfish is 28th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Oregon and Washington landings of chilipepper rockfish total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
All reported 2025 ex-vessel value for chilipepper rockfish came from California, though landings also occurred in Oregon and Washington in small or confidential amounts. It was landed in 15 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Columbia River (WA) south to San Diego, California, with confidential landings as far north as Coastal Washington. Fort Bragg led all port areas with 40% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
3 port areas had only confidential chilipepper rockfish data and are excluded from these rankings.
Chilipepper rockfish is landed through much of the year, but 76% of 2025 landed pounds came in December–July, with January the busiest month.
In 2025, the largest share of chilipepper rockfish ex-vessel value came from trawl gear (72%), followed by hook and line (24%), 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.