In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 2.3 million pounds of Pacific sardine worth $334.1 thousand, averaging $0.14 per pound. Ex-vessel value fell 50% from 2024, and average price per pound fell 30%. Ranked by total catch value, Pacific sardine is 47th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Oregon and Washington landings of Pacific sardine total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
All reported 2025 ex-vessel value for Pacific sardine came from California, though landings also occurred in Oregon and Washington in small or confidential amounts. It was landed in 8 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, 4 of them confidential, from Monterey south to San Diego, with confidential landings as far north as Coastal Washington. Los Angeles led all port areas with 84% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
4 port areas had only confidential Pacific sardine data and are excluded from these rankings.
Pacific sardine is landed through much of the year, but 83% of 2025 landed pounds came in April–October, with October the busiest month.
Pacific sardine 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.