From 1950 through 2005, commercial fishermen have taken an average of 4.5 million pounds of white hake per year. Since 2005 that average has dropped to 1 million pounds, lower than any other period since 1950.
Begginning in 1985 the price per pound value of these fish began to increase so that current prices are approximately three times that in 1985.
White Hake Landings 1950-2016
White Hake Price per Pound 1950-2016
| YEAR | POUNDS | VALUE | PRICE/LB |
| 1950 | 6,117,600 | $195,294 | $0.03 |
| 1951 | 3,944,400 | $156,289 | $0.04 |
| 1952 | 4,816,300 | $185,263 | $0.04 |
| 1953 | 4,599,700 | $190,231 | $0.04 |
| 1954 | 3,787,700 | $153,037 | $0.04 |
| 1955 | 2,831,100 | $103,066 | $0.04 |
| 1956 | 3,186,800 | $103,731 | $0.03 |
| 1957 | 2,870,300 | $103,781 | $0.04 |
| 1958 | 2,088,000 | $91,913 | $0.04 |
| 1959 | 1,810,700 | $73,509 | $0.04 |
| 1960 | 3,033,200 | $108,667 | $0.04 |
| 1961 | 2,730,500 | $95,027 | $0.03 |
| 1962 | 3,276,500 | $109,636 | $0.03 |
| 1963 | 3,564,100 | $124,974 | $0.04 |
| 1964 | 3,375,748 | $123,506 | $0.04 |
| 1965 | 3,849,855 | $127,429 | $0.03 |
| 1966 | 2,017,608 | $86,677 | $0.04 |
| 1967 | 1,411,972 | $60,625 | $0.04 |
| 1968 | 1,255,448 | $53,440 | $0.04 |
| 1969 | 1,048,131 | $46,547 | $0.04 |
| 1970 | 1,410,798 | $74,913 | $0.05 |
| 1971 | 1,945,544 | $105,790 | $0.05 |
| 1972 | 2,949,425 | $176,068 | $0.06 |
| 1973 | 2,796,605 | $191,405 | $0.07 |
| 1974 | 3,777,792 | $265,502 | $0.07 |
| 1975 | 3,401,818 | $365,243 | $0.11 |
| 1976 | 4,122,316 | $600,777 | $0.15 |
| 1977 | 4,883,137 | $739,655 | $0.15 |
| 1978 | 5,012,776 | $904,959 | $0.18 |
| 1979 | 3,954,716 | $719,218 | $0.18 |
| 1980 | 4,489,245 | $852,251 | $0.19 |
| 1981 | 8,257,213 | $1,335,411 | $0.16 |
| 1982 | 9,375,232 | $1,248,403 | $0.13 |
| 1983 | 9,461,638 | $1,313,574 | $0.14 |
| 1984 | 8,547,696 | $1,207,257 | $0.14 |
| 1985 | 7,021,024 | $1,366,563 | $0.19 |
| 1986 | 6,052,254 | $2,140,210 | $0.35 |
| 1987 | 6,665,833 | $2,879,256 | $0.43 |
| 1988 | 5,942,661 | $1,692,062 | $0.28 |
| 1989 | 6,895,770 | $2,634,867 | $0.38 |
| 1990 | 6,054,763 | $2,353,063 | $0.39 |
| 1991 | 7,231,907 | $3,257,998 | $0.45 |
| 1992 | 11,809,155 | $4,992,437 | $0.42 |
| 1993 | 11,114,488 | $4,895,094 | $0.44 |
| 1994 | 6,482,223 | $3,705,459 | $0.57 |
| 1995 | 5,581,517 | $3,686,045 | $0.66 |
| 1996 | 4,297,704 | $2,829,419 | $0.66 |
| 1997 | 3,146,595 | $2,106,382 | $0.67 |
| 1998 | 2,991,924 | $2,155,531 | $0.72 |
| 1999 | 2,979,075 | $2,267,158 | $0.76 |
| 2000 | 3,752,323 | $2,366,591 | $0.63 |
| 2001 | 4,187,208 | $2,207,356 | $0.53 |
| 2002 | 4,331,450 | $2,791,921 | $0.64 |
| 2003 | 6,414,831 | $3,108,314 | $0.48 |
| 2004 | 4,763,826 | $2,816,595 | $0.59 |
| 2005 | 3,359,227 | $2,880,981 | $0.86 |
| 2006 | 1,672,884 | $1,843,706 | $1.10 |
| 2007 | 1,319,343 | $1,351,657 | $1.02 |
| 2008 | 788,601 | $734,330 | $0.93 |
| 2009 | 775,488 | $639,842 | $0.83 |
| 2010 | 612,669 | $649,781 | $1.06 |
| 2011 | 862,432 | $799,463 | $0.93 |
| 2012 | 1,140,575 | $1,414,395 | $1.24 |
| 2013 | 1,081,181 | $1,477,447 | $1.37 |
| 2014 | 818,486 | $1,230,130 | $1.50 |
| 2015 | 627,261 | $901,101 | $1.44 |
| 2016 | 432,508 | 766,991 | $1.77 |
Source: http://www.maine.gov/dmr/commercial-fishing/landings/documents/whitehake.table.pdf (accessed February 6, 2018)