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 | Skipjack tuna | 7,323 |
2 | Yellowfin tuna | 4,427 |
3 | Marine fishes nei | 1,540 |
4 | Bigeye tuna | 1,177 |
5 | Giant catfish | 640 |
6 | Carangids nei | 470 |
7 | Needlefishes, etc. nei | 460 |
8 | Indo-Pacific sailfish | 440 |
9 | Barracudas nei | 290 |
10 | Wahoo | 257 |
11 | Snappers, jobfishes nei | 230 |
12 | Common dolphinfish | 190 |
13 | Halfbeaks nei | 160 |
14 | Rainbow runner | 120 |
15 | Rusty jobfish | 110 |
17 | Parrotfishes nei | 100 |
17 | Silver grunter | 100 |
17 | Groupers, seabasses nei | 100 |
19 | Squirrelfishes nei | 90 |
20 | Swordfish | 74 |
21 | Emperors(=Scavengers) nei | 70 |
22 | Blue marlin | 63 |
23 | Grunts, sweetlips nei | 60 |
24 | Silky shark | 58 |
26 | Groupers nei | 50 |
26 | Brownspotted grouper | 50 |
26 | Smalltooth emperor | 50 |
26 | Sardinellas nei | 50 |
29 | Longtail tuna | 37 |
31 | Yellow-edged lyretail | 20 |
31 | Mangrove red snapper | 20 |
31 | Blue shark | 20 |
33 | Black marlin | 18 |
33 | Albacore | 18 |
36 | Sky emperor | 10 |
36 | Spangled emperor | 10 |
36 | Great hammerhead | 10 |
36 | Blue-barred parrotfish | 10 |
39 | Kawakawa | 5 |
39 | Striped marlin | 5 |
41 | Oceanic whitetip shark | 3 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.