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 | Pacific chub mackerel | 191,207 |
| 2 | Skipjack tuna | 181,741 |
| 3 | Yellowfin tuna | 63,660 |
| 4 | Pacific thread herring | 36,483 |
| 5 | Bigeye tuna | 29,864 |
| 6 | Frigate tuna | 27,420 |
| 7 | Common dolphinfish | 21,015 |
| 8 | South Pacific hake | 9,354 |
| 9 | Pacific harvestfish | 9,062 |
| 10 | Titi shrimp | 8,672 |
| 11 | Shortfin scad | 8,433 |
| 12 | Swordfish | 8,185 |
| 13 | Pacific anchoveta | 7,554 |
| 14 | Thread herrings nei | 7,111 |
| 15 | Atlantic searobins | 6,709 |
| 16 | Blue marlin | 6,576 |
| 17 | Jumbo flying squid | 6,001 |
| 18 | Blue shark | 4,510 |
| 19 | Pacific bumper | 4,271 |
| 20 | Pacific cornetfish | 3,546 |
| 21 | Black skipjack | 2,885 |
| 22 | Pelagic thresher | 2,678 |
| 23 | Peruvian moonfish | 2,556 |
| 24 | Flathead grey mullet | 2,246 |
| 25 | Pacific smalleye croaker | 2,067 |
| 26 | Red-eye round herring | 1,816 |
| 27 | Whiteleg shrimp | 1,717 |
| 28 | Largehead hairtail | 1,582 |
| 29 | Striped marlin | 1,577 |
| 30 | Peruvian weakfish | 1,254 |
| 31 | Bullet tuna | 1,114 |
| 32 | Indo-Pacific sailfish | 1,066 |
| 33 | Striped bonito | 1,046 |
| 34 | Pacific sierra | 1,034 |
| 35 | Bighead tilefish | 1,006 |
| 36 | Oilfish | 978 |
| 37 | Red sea catfish | 960 |
| 38 | Mexican barracuda | 934 |
| 39 | Whitefin weakfish | 916 |
| 40 | Yellowstripe grunt | 729 |
| 41 | Peruvian mojarra | 707 |
| 42 | Suco croaker | 686 |
| 43 | Wahoo | 652 |
| 44 | Brassy grunt | 624 |
| 45 | Panama spadefish | 620 |
| 46 | Escolar | 555 |
| 47 | Scalyfin weakfish | 536 |
| 48 | Mangrove ghost crab | 522 |
| 49 | Damsel bass | 518 |
| 50 | Longjaw leatherjacket | 456 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.