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Sea Cucumber Commercial Fishing Landings

PacFIN landings inCA · OR · WAData through2025

In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 391.8 thousand pounds of unspecified sea cucumber worth $2.5 million, averaging $6.48 per pound. Ex-vessel value fell 9% from 2024, while average price per pound rose 23%. Ranked by total catch value, unspecified sea cucumber is 19th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.

Sea Cucumber Ex-Vessel Value by Year and State

  • California
  • Washington

Oregon landings of unspecified sea cucumber total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.

Unspecified sea cucumber landings are split between Washington (55%) and California (45%); Oregon landings in 2025 were confidential. It was landed in 6 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to San Diego, California. Santa Barbara led all port areas with 44% of value.

Top 6 Port Areas for Sea Cucumber, 2025

Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.

Top Port Areas for Sea Cucumber by Ex-Vessel Value with Landed Weight and Price Per Pound (2025)

1 port area has confidential unspecified sea cucumber data and is excluded from these rankings.

Season & Gear

Unspecified sea cucumber landings are highly seasonal: 75% of 2025 landed pounds came in July–September, peaking in August.

Sea Cucumber Landed Pounds by Month and State, 2025

  • California
  • Washington

4 months have only confidential unspecified sea cucumber landings and are shown as empty.

In 2025, the largest share of unspecified sea cucumber ex-vessel value came from nets (53%), followed by trawl gear (37%), based on PacFIN gear-group landings.

  • Nets53%
  • Trawl37%
  • Other10%

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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.