In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 731.5 thousand pounds of sockeye salmon worth $1.7 million, averaging $2.36 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 390% from 2024, while average price per pound fell 15%. Ranked by total catch value, sockeye salmon is 24th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Sockeye salmon is overwhelmingly a Washington fishery (99% of 2025 ex-vessel value), with smaller landings in Oregon. It was landed in 5 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to Columbia River (OR). Northern Puget Sound led all port areas with 56% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
2 port areas had only confidential sockeye salmon data and are excluded from these rankings.
Sockeye salmon landings are highly seasonal: 75% of reported 2025 landed pounds came in August alone.
1 month has only confidential sockeye salmon landings and is shown as empty.
Sockeye salmon is landed entirely with nets (100% 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.