In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 281.3 thousand pounds of vermilion rockfish worth $908.1 thousand, averaging $3.23 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 18% from 2024, while average price per pound fell 13%. Ranked by total catch value, vermilion rockfish is 32nd among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Vermilion rockfish is overwhelmingly a California fishery (99% of 2025 ex-vessel value), with smaller landings in Oregon. It was landed in 14 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Tillamook, Oregon, south to San Diego, California. Santa Barbara led all port areas with 60% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
Vermilion rockfish is landed year-round; even the busiest month, September, accounted for just 11% of 2025 landed pounds.
Vermilion rockfish is landed almost entirely with hook and line (98% 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.