In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 49.1 million pounds of Dungeness crab worth $278.2 million, averaging $5.66 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 5% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 38%. Ranked by total catch value, Dungeness crab is 1st among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Dungeness crab is landed coastwide, with Washington (41%), Oregon (39%), and California (20%) each accounting for a significant share of 2025 ex-vessel value. It was landed in 17 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to Morro Bay, California, with confidential landings as far south as Santa Barbara. Coastal Washington led all port areas with 26% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
1 port area has confidential Dungeness crab data and is excluded from these rankings.
Dungeness crab landings are highly seasonal: 77% of 2025 landed pounds came in December–February, peaking in January.
Dungeness crab is landed almost entirely with traps (99% 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.