Top China 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	Marine fishes nei	2,529,513
2	Largehead hairtail	903,498
3	Freshwater fishes nei	898,335
4	Japanese anchovy	601,461
5	Jumbo flying squid	514,512
6	Gazami crab	458,297
7	Scads nei	395,862
8	Pacific chub mackerel	371,772
9	Marine molluscs nei	362,916
10	Akiami paste shrimp	362,709
11	Seerfishes nei	356,177
12	Silver pomfrets nei	341,563
13	Daggertooth pike conger	326,726
14	Various squids nei	325,623
15	Threadfin breams nei	313,852
16	Yellow croaker	268,790
17	Sardinellas nei	266,615
18	Croakers, drums nei	255,606
19	Southern rough shrimp	243,304
20	Squillids nei	222,009
21	Fleshy prawn	207,519
22	Natantian decapods nei	202,108
23	Aquatic plants nei	193,980
24	Jellyfishes nei	145,125
25	Freshwater molluscs nei	131,684
26	Cuttlefish, bobtail squids nei	129,685
27	Porgies, seabreams nei	126,969
28	Filefishes nei	122,258
29	Octopuses, etc. nei	109,971
30	Groupers nei	105,792
31	So-iny (redlip) mullet	104,424
32	Marine crabs nei	95,921
33	Silver croaker	90,895
34	Pacific sandlance	83,602
35	Pacific sardine	83,190
36	Argentine shortfin squid	75,000
37	Flathead grey mullet	69,534
38	Blue swimming crab	69,025
39	Antarctic krill	59,194
40	Mi-iuy (brown) croaker	58,204
41	Elongate ilisha	57,833
42	Albacore	53,625
43	Siberian prawn	47,972
43	Oriental river prawn	47,972
45	Skipjack tuna	42,293
46	Tuna-like fishes nei	40,461
47	Cephalopods nei	39,735
48	Large yellow croaker	37,098
49	Tilefishes nei	36,479
50	Pacific saury	35,477

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