In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 121.7 thousand pounds of swordfish worth $807.7 thousand, averaging $6.64 per pound. Ex-vessel value fell 1% from 2024, while average price per pound rose 24%. Ranked by total catch value, swordfish is 35th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Swordfish is landed only in California, in 4 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Santa Barbara south to San Diego, with confidential landings as far north as Morro Bay. San Diego led all port areas with 62% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
1 port area had only confidential swordfish data and is excluded from these rankings.
Swordfish is landed through much of the year, but 84% of reported 2025 landed pounds came in August–December, with December the busiest month.
3 months have only confidential swordfish landings and are shown as empty.
In 2025, the largest share of swordfish ex-vessel value came from other gear (50%), followed by hook and line (27%), 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.