In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 484.8 thousand pounds of ridgeback prawn worth $2.3 million, averaging $4.67 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 129% from 2024, while average price per pound fell 4%. Ranked by total catch value, ridgeback prawn is 21st among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Ridgeback prawn is landed only in California, in 2 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Santa Barbara south to Los Angeles. Santa Barbara led all port areas with 96% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
Ridgeback prawn is landed through much of the year, but 76% of 2025 landed pounds came in October–March, with December the busiest month.
In 2025, the largest share of ridgeback prawn ex-vessel value came from trawl gear (58%), followed by shrimp trawl gear (42%), 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.