In 2025, the last full year of PacFIN data, West Coast commercial fishermen landed 4.2 million pounds of yellowtail rockfish worth $1.3 million, averaging $0.30 per pound. Ex-vessel value fell 13% from 2024, while average price per pound rose 15%. Ranked by total catch value, yellowtail rockfish is 30th among the 263 species and species groups reported to PacFIN and tracked by Cormorant.
Yellowtail rockfish is landed coastwide, with Oregon (73%), Washington (17%), and California (10%) each accounting for a significant share of 2025 ex-vessel value. It was landed in 17 of the 19 PacFIN port areas, from Northern Puget Sound, Washington, south to Santa Barbara, California. Columbia River (OR) led all port areas with 69% of value.
Port areas ranked by ex-vessel value with landed weight and price per pound.
2 port areas had only confidential yellowtail rockfish data and are excluded from these rankings.
Yellowtail rockfish is landed through much of the year, but 80% of 2025 landed pounds came in June–November, with October the busiest month.
In 2025, the largest share of yellowtail rockfish ex-vessel value came from trawl gear (88%), followed by hook and line (12%), 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.