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Report: Processor closures and revenue concentration raise port vulnerability despite higher 2025 landings
Summary
Presenters told the Council that coastwide landings rose in 2025 but processor closures in several ports and increasing groundfish revenue concentration are reducing fisheries diversity and local resilience in some communities, with Crescent City and Fort Bragg singled out for vulnerability.
Council presenters said total coastwide landings rose in 2025, yet the distribution of those gains and recent processor closures create vulnerabilities for certain ports and coastal communities.
Amanda Phillips of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center said coastwide commercial landings were up 26% in 2025 from 2024, driven by Pacific whiting and…
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