In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 175.3 million pounds of market squid worth $83.6 million, averaging $0.48 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 23% from 2024, while average price per pound fell 11%. Ranked by total catch value, market squid is 2nd among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Oregon landings of market squid total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
Market squid is overwhelmingly a California fishery (99% of 2025 ex-vessel value), with minor landings in Oregon. It was landed in 11 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Newport, Oregon, south to San Diego, California, with confidential landings as far north as Columbia River (OR). Santa Barbara led all port areas with 45% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
4 port areas have confidential market squid data and are excluded from these rankings.
Market squid is landed through much of the year, but 85% of 2025 landed pounds came in July–December, with November the busiest month.
Market squid is landed almost entirely with nets (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.