In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 3.4 million pounds of northern anchovy worth $500 thousand, averaging $0.15 per pound. Ex-vessel value fell 26% from 2024, while average price per pound rose 116%. Ranked by total catch value, northern anchovy is 42nd among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Oregon landings of northern anchovy total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
All reported 2025 ex-vessel value for northern anchovy came from California, though landings also occurred in Washington in small or confidential amounts. It was landed in 7 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from San Francisco south to San Diego, with confidential landings as far north as Coastal Washington. Los Angeles led all port areas with 47% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
2 port areas had only confidential northern anchovy data and are excluded from these rankings.
Northern anchovy is landed through much of the year, but 82% of 2025 landed pounds came in April–September, with April the busiest month.
Northern anchovy is landed entirely with nets (100% 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.