In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 14 million pounds of widow rockfish worth $3.8 million, averaging $0.27 per pound. Ex-vessel value rose 25% from 2024, and average price per pound rose 4%. Ranked by total catch value, widow rockfish is 15th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Washington landings of widow rockfish total less than 1% of ex-vessel value (or are confidential) and are not charted.
Widow rockfish is overwhelmingly an Oregon fishery (98% of 2025 ex-vessel value), with smaller landings in California and Washington. It was landed in 18 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to San Diego, California. Columbia River (OR) led all port areas with 97% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
8 port areas have confidential widow rockfish data and are excluded from these rankings.
Widow rockfish is landed through much of the year, but 81% of 2025 landed pounds came in October–May, with November the busiest month.
Widow rockfish is landed almost entirely with trawl gear (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.