Top Eritrea 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	Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel	262
2	Carangids nei	244
3	Queenfishes	234
4	Lizardfishes nei	170
5	Sea catfishes nei	154
6	Groupers, seabasses nei	81
7	Silver grunt	71
8	Barracudas nei	68
9	Emperors(=Scavengers) nei	52
10	Milkfish	39
11	Penaeus shrimps nei	36
12	Lefteye flounders nei	30
13	Snappers, jobfishes nei	27
14	Mullets nei	25
15	Cobia	22
16	Indo-Pacific sailfish	18
17	Requiem sharks nei	15
18	Grunts, sweetlips nei	10
19	Marine fishes nei	8
20	Threadfin breams nei	7
21	Porgies, seabreams nei	4
23	Needlefishes, etc. nei	2
23	Guitarfishes, etc. nei	2
23	Small toothed jobfish	2
23	Malabar blood snapper	2
27	Minstrel sweetlips	1
27	Cuttlefish, bobtail squids nei	1
27	Indian mackerel	1
27	Parrotfishes nei	1

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