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 | European anchovy | 410 |
| 2 | White seabream | 270 |
| 3 | Red-eye round herring | 230 |
| 4 | Little tunny(=Atl.black skipj) | 205 |
| 5 | Spinefeet(=Rabbitfishes) nei | 195 |
| 6 | Bogue | 180 |
| 7 | Axillary seabream | 145 |
| 8 | Clupeoids nei | 100 |
| 9 | Bluespotted seabream | 95 |
| 10 | Greater amberjack | 85 |
| 11 | Carangids nei | 80 |
| 11 | Common pandora | 80 |
| 13 | Barracudas nei | 75 |
| 13 | Saddled seabream | 75 |
| 15 | Round sardinella | 70 |
| 16 | Silversides(=Sand smelts) nei | 50 |
| 17 | Dusky grouper | 35 |
| 18 | Mottled grouper | 30 |
| 19 | Sand steenbras | 25 |
| 21 | Blue swimming crab | 20 |
| 21 | White grouper | 20 |
| 21 | Large-eye dentex | 20 |
| 21 | Mackerels nei | 20 |
| 25 | Pearly razorfish | 15 |
| 25 | Meagre | 15 |
| 25 | Red mullet | 15 |
| 28 | Natantian decapods nei | 10 |
| 28 | Freshwater fishes nei | 10 |
| 28 | Surmullet | 10 |
| 32 | Randall's threadfin bream | 5 |
| 32 | Cyprinids nei | 5 |
| 32 | Shi drum | 5 |
| 32 | Grey triggerfish | 5 |
| 32 | Blue whiting(=Poutassou) | 5 |
| 32 | Cuttlefish, bobtail squids nei | 5 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.