In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 71 thousand pounds of gopher rockfish worth $658.6 thousand, averaging $9.28 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 31% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 4%. Ranked by total catch value, gopher rockfish is 38th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Oregon landings of gopher rockfish total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
All reported 2025 ex-vessel value for gopher rockfish came from California, though landings also occurred in Oregon in small or confidential amounts. It was landed in 11 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Newport, Oregon, south to Morro Bay, California, with confidential landings as far south as San Diego. Morro Bay led all port areas with 56% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
4 port areas had only confidential gopher rockfish data and are excluded from these rankings.
Gopher rockfish is landed through much of the year, but 76% of 2025 landed pounds came in June–December, with August the busiest month.
In 2025, the largest share of gopher rockfish ex-vessel value came from hook and line (82%), followed by traps (18%), 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.