Top Brazil Fish Catches

Top fish catches in metric tons from the latest year with data available, 2022. Data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Rank	Fish Species	Metric Tons
1	Brazilian sardinella	61,450
2	Whitemouth croaker	40,000
3	Atlantic thread herring	36,600
4	Sea catfishes nei	29,600
5	Marine fishes nei	29,400
6	Prochilods nei	25,500
7	Laulao catfish	22,200
8	Acoupa weakfish	20,600
9	Clupeoids nei	18,700
10	South American silver croaker	17,900
11	Mullets nei	16,900
12	Paraguayan caiman	16,755
13	Yellowfin tuna	15,522
14	Freshwater siluroids nei	15,300
15	Characins nei	15,200
16	Kissing prochilodus	14,900
17	Skipjack tuna	14,122
18	Atlantic seabob	13,100
19	Argentine croaker	12,500
20	Cichlids nei	12,400
21	King weakfish	10,100
22	Sharks, rays, skates, etc. nei	9,800
23	Seerfishes nei	9,100
24	Redspotted shrimp	9,000
25	Loweye catfishes nei	8,660
26	Tilapias nei	8,600
27	Marine crabs nei	8,000
28	Sorubims nei	7,900
29	Bigeye tuna	7,341
30	Caribbean spiny lobster	7,300
31	Snappers, jobfishes nei	6,850
32	Weakfishes nei	6,300
33	Southern red snapper	6,000
34	Stripped weakfish	5,900
35	Rays, stingrays, mantas nei	5,800
36	Jacks, crevalles nei	5,650
37	Yellowtail snapper	5,600
38	Brazilian codling	5,250
39	Atlantic searobins	5,220
40	River prawns nei	5,200
40	Freshwater fishes nei	5,200
42	Triggerfishes, durgons nei	4,970
43	Atlantic chub mackerel	4,815
44	Sea mussels nei	4,810
45	Anchovies, etc. nei	4,400
46	Penaeus shrimps nei	4,100
47	Cachama	3,820
48	Bluefish	3,540
49	Southern white shrimp	3,500
50	Snooks(=Robalos) nei	3,450

Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.