After declining from 1950 through 1973, landings of haddock by commercial fishermen rebounded sharply to a peak of over 5 million pounds in 1983. However, an equally sharp decline has left the fishery far from the heady days of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
Since then, the price per pound has fluctuated in a range from $1.00 to nearly $2.00.
Haddock Price per Pound 1950-2016
Haddock Landings 1950-2016
| YEAR | LIVE POUNDS |
POUNDS (millions) | VALUE | PRICE/LB |
| 1950 | 7,442,000 | 7.442 | $524,315 | $0.07 |
| 1951 | 5,267,700 | 5.2677 | $386,378 | $0.07 |
| 1952 | 6,107,700 | 6.1077 | $434,702 | $0.07 |
| 1953 | 5,390,800 | 5.3908 | $356,940 | $0.07 |
| 1954 | 5,554,700 | 5.5547 | $393,154 | $0.07 |
| 1955 | 4,565,800 | 4.5658 | $276,116 | $0.06 |
| 1956 | 4,903,600 | 4.9036 | $289,303 | $0.06 |
| 1957 | 4,667,300 | 4.6673 | $310,138 | $0.07 |
| 1958 | 3,996,900 | 3.9969 | $339,874 | $0.09 |
| 1959 | 3,404,700 | 3.4047 | $302,911 | $0.09 |
| 1960 | 3,834,300 | 3.8343 | $290,022 | $0.08 |
| 1961 | 2,939,900 | 2.9399 | $227,065 | $0.08 |
| 1962 | 2,544,600 | 2.5446 | $196,319 | $0.08 |
| 1963 | 2,876,800 | 2.8768 | $245,162 | $0.09 |
| 1964 | 2,938,645 | 2.9386 | $258,723 | $0.09 |
| 1965 | 1,880,798 | 1.8808 | $183,245 | $0.10 |
| 1966 | 1,773,054 | 1.7731 | $173,886 | $0.10 |
| 1967 | 2,350,353 | 2.3504 | $214,500 | $0.09 |
| 1968 | 1,790,450 | 1.7905 | $189,461 | $0.11 |
| 1969 | 982,248 | 0.9822 | $138,945 | $0.14 |
| 1970 | 1,012,883 | 1.0129 | $183,829 | $0.18 |
| 1971 | 820,721 | 0.8207 | $179,384 | $0.22 |
| 1972 | 491,055 | 0.4911 | $164,784 | $0.34 |
| 1973 | 351,731 | 0.3517 | $123,630 | $0.35 |
| 1974 | 228,594 | 0.2286 | $86,661 | $0.38 |
| 1975 | 775,961 | 0.776 | $276,377 | $0.36 |
| 1976 | 1,536,968 | 1.537 | $733,125 | $0.48 |
| 1977 | 2,249,642 | 2.2496 | $960,036 | $0.43 |
| 1978 | 4,638,405 | 4.6384 | $1,603,485 | $0.35 |
| 1979 | 6,246,956 | 6.247 | $2,591,997 | $0.41 |
| 1980 | 7,124,909 | 7.1249 | $2,911,847 | $0.41 |
| 1981 | 8,181,603 | 8.1816 | $3,695,665 | $0.45 |
| 1982 | 8,249,162 | 8.2492 | $4,581,736 | $0.56 |
| 1983 | 9,000,790 | 9.0008 | $5,187,106 | $0.58 |
| 1984 | 4,823,607 | 4.8236 | $3,336,271 | $0.69 |
| 1985 | 1,860,854 | 1.8609 | $1,841,131 | $0.99 |
| 1986 | 1,147,093 | 1.1471 | $1,291,594 | $1.13 |
| 1987 | 736,904 | 0.7369 | $1,001,689 | $1.36 |
| 1988 | 399,551 | 0.3996 | $500,611 | $1.25 |
| 1989 | 323,371 | 0.3234 | $421,002 | $1.30 |
| 1990 | 382,216 | 0.3822 | $447,319 | $1.17 |
| 1991 | 426,028 | 0.426 | $552,690 | $1.30 |
| 1992 | 614,050 | 0.6141 | $744,651 | $1.21 |
| 1993 | 316,412 | 0.3164 | $458,522 | $1.45 |
| 1994 | 134,860 | 0.1349 | $203,276 | $1.51 |
| 1995 | 135,360 | 0.1354 | $193,208 | $1.43 |
| 1996 | 227,823 | 0.2278 | $277,412 | $1.22 |
| 1997 | 1,009,813 | 1.0098 | $1,070,626 | $1.06 |
| 1998 | 1,797,740 | 1.7977 | $2,237,100 | $1.24 |
| 1999 | 1,588,904 | 1.5889 | $2,124,345 | $1.34 |
| 2000 | 1,693,310 | 1.6933 | $2,335,421 | $1.38 |
| 2001 | 2,799,221 | 2.7992 | $3,354,838 | $1.20 |
| 2002 | 2,268,490 | 2.2685 | $2,740,409 | $1.21 |
| 2003 | 1,473,814 | 1.4738 | $1,717,734 | $1.17 |
| 2004 | 2,221,859 | 2.2219 | $2,241,864 | $1.01 |
| 2005 | 2,087,138 | 2.0871 | $2,371,086 | $1.14 |
| 2006 | 1,028,739 | 1.0287 | $1,612,136 | $1.57 |
| 2007 | 970,970 | 0.971 | $1,512,548 | $1.56 |
| 2008 | 1,130,705 | 1.1307 | $1,470,127 | $1.30 |
| 2009 | 162,475 | 0.1625 | $216,442 | $1.33 |
| 2010 | 127,650 | 0.1277 | $130,983 | $1.03 |
| 2011 | 27,895 | 0.0279 | $33,810 | $1.21 |
| 2012 | 56,142 | 0.0561 | $102,822 | $1.83 |
| 2013 | 132,030 | 0.132 | $211,279 | $1.60 |
| 2014 | 283,823 | 0.2838 | $382,278 | $1.35 |
| 2015 | 403,477 | 0.4035 | $572,113 | $1.42 |
| 2016 | 307,783 | 0.3078 | $527,092 | $1.71 |
Source: http://www.maine.gov/dmr/commercial-fishing/landings/documents/haddock.table.pdf (accessed January 27,2018)