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 | Albacore | 448 |
2 | Atlantic bluefin tuna | 168 |
3 | Bogue | 83 |
4 | Picarel | 66 |
5 | Swordfish | 36 |
6 | Blotched picarel | 34 |
7 | Marbled spinefoot | 28 |
8 | Comber | 24 |
9 | Common cuttlefish | 23 |
10 | Devil firefish | 22 |
11 | Parrotfish | 20 |
11 | Freshwater fishes nei | 20 |
13 | Surmullet | 19 |
14 | Redcoat | 17 |
14 | Axillary seabream | 17 |
16 | Scorpionfishes, rockfishes nei | 15 |
17 | Common pandora | 14 |
18 | White seabream | 13 |
18 | Red Sea goatfish | 13 |
20 | Stingrays, butterfly rays nei | 12 |
20 | Red mullet | 12 |
22 | European squid | 11 |
23 | Red-eye round herring | 9 |
23 | Jack and horse mackerels nei | 9 |
25 | Greater amberjack | 8 |
25 | Bluespotted cornetfish | 8 |
27 | Dusky spinefoot | 7 |
29 | Painted comber | 6 |
29 | Atlantic chub mackerel | 6 |
29 | Atlantic lizardfish | 6 |
33 | Little tunny(=Atl.black skipj) | 5 |
33 | Red porgy | 5 |
33 | Gilthead seabream | 5 |
33 | Dusky grouper | 5 |
33 | Octopuses, etc. nei | 5 |
33 | Rays and skates nei | 5 |
37 | European hake | 4 |
37 | Skipjack tuna | 4 |
40 | European pilchard(=Sardine) | 3 |
40 | Frigate and bullet tunas | 3 |
40 | Gurnards, searobins nei | 3 |
45 | White grouper | 2 |
45 | Sand steenbras | 2 |
45 | Houndsharks, smoothhounds nei | 2 |
45 | Barracudas nei | 2 |
45 | Common two-banded seabream | 2 |
45 | Giant red shrimp | 2 |
45 | European seabass | 2 |
45 | Deep-water rose shrimp | 2 |
60 | Oilfish | 1 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.