In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 4.3 million pounds of Chinook salmon worth $21.8 million, averaging $5.11 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 30% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 29%. Ranked by total catch value, Chinook salmon is 6th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
California landings of Chinook salmon total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
Chinook salmon landings are split between Washington (57%) and Oregon (43%); California landings in 2025 were confidential. It was landed in 13 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to Brookings, Oregon, with confidential landings as far south as Monterey, California. Columbia River (OR) led all port areas with 29% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
3 port areas have confidential Chinook salmon data and are excluded from these rankings.
Chinook salmon landings are highly seasonal: 83% of 2025 landed pounds came in June–September, peaking in September.
2 months have only confidential Chinook salmon landings and are shown as empty.
In 2025, the largest share of Chinook salmon ex-vessel value came from nets (53%), followed by troll gear (47%), 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.