In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 3 million pounds of red sea urchin worth $10.6 million, averaging $3.50 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 23% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 2%. Ranked by total catch value, red sea urchin is 9th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Oregon landings of red sea urchin total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
Red sea urchin is overwhelmingly a California fishery (88% of 2025 ex-vessel value), with smaller landings in Washington and Oregon. It was landed in 11 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, 6 of them confidential, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to San Diego, California. Santa Barbara led all port areas with 55% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
6 port areas have confidential red sea urchin data and are excluded from these rankings.
Red sea urchin is landed year-round; even the busiest month, January, accounted for just 14% of 2025 landed pounds.
In 2025, the largest share of red sea urchin ex-vessel value came from other gear (93%), followed by nets (7%), 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.