March 12, 2026 — Oregon’s commercial fishing industry generated an economic impact of USD 517 million (EUR 447 million) on households’ incomes in 2025, an all-time high according to Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.-based The Research Group.
That generated income, which comes from both seafood harvesting and processing businesses, is USD 81 million (EUR 70 million) more than the five-year average and represents 10,321 jobs in the state. The commercial fishing industry generated roughly 11.5 percent of all earned income among coastal counties, with distant water fisheries making up more than a third of that total.