In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 26 million pounds of sablefish worth $30.2 million, averaging $1.16 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 124% from 2024, while average price per pound fell 3%. Ranked by total catch value, sablefish is 4th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Sablefish is landed coastwide, with Oregon (50%), Washington (28%), and California (22%) each accounting for a significant share of 2025 ex-vessel value. It was landed in 18 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to San Diego, California. Northern Puget Sound led all port areas with 21% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
2 port areas have confidential sablefish data and are excluded from these rankings.
Sablefish is landed through much of the year, but 78% of 2025 landed pounds came in May–November, with September the busiest month. Timing differs by state: landings peaked in August in California, October in Oregon, and September in Washington.
In 2025, the largest share of sablefish ex-vessel value came from traps (50%), followed by hook and line (40%), 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.