Top Malta 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	Atlantic chub mackerel	658
2	Common dolphinfish	519
3	Atlantic bluefin tuna	387
4	Swordfish	380
5	European sprat	111
6	Round sardinella	71
7	Albacore	50
8	Bogue	42
9	Giant red shrimp	40
10	Mediterranean horse mackerel	37
11	Silver scabbardfish	35
12	Thornback ray	32
13	Common octopus	30
14	Red porgy	28
14	Bullet tuna	28
16	Surmullet	22
16	Red mullet	22
19	Common cuttlefish	21
19	Red scorpionfish	21
19	European hake	21
21	Smooth-hound	18
22	European squid	15
22	Blackspot seabream	15
24	Rudderfish	13
25	Longnose spurdog	11
26	Deep-water rose shrimp	10
27	Wreckfish	9
27	Bluntnose sixgill shark	9
30	Axillary seabream	7
30	Picked dogfish	7
30	Greater amberjack	7
34	Little tunny(=Atl.black skipj)	6
34	Common pandora	6
34	European conger	6
34	Atlantic horse mackerel	6
34	John dory	6
39	European barracuda	5
39	White seabream	5
39	Pilotfish	5
39	Black scorpionfish	5
39	Skipjack tuna	5
39	White grouper	5
44	Mediterranean moray	4
44	Saddled seabream	4
44	Small red scorpionfish	4
44	Golden shrimp	4
50	Ling	3
50	Blue shark	3
50	Mediterranean spearfish	3
50	Mottled grouper	3

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