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 | Blue grenadier | 92,475 |
| 2 | Jack and horse mackerels nei | 38,630 |
| 3 | Wellington flying squid | 32,442 |
| 4 | Southern blue whiting | 23,381 |
| 5 | Snoek | 18,928 |
| 6 | Pink cusk-eel | 16,335 |
| 7 | Blue mackerel | 12,762 |
| 8 | Orange roughy | 10,060 |
| 9 | Oreo dories nei | 8,967 |
| 10 | Silver warehou | 8,391 |
| 11 | Silver seabream | 6,846 |
| 12 | Picked dogfish | 5,318 |
| 13 | Morwongs | 3,872 |
| 14 | Bluefin gurnard | 3,533 |
| 15 | Thorntooth grenadier | 3,229 |
| 16 | Carangids nei | 3,134 |
| 17 | Southern hake | 2,946 |
| 18 | Red rock lobster | 2,768 |
| 19 | Giant stargazer | 2,739 |
| 20 | Red codling | 2,670 |
| 21 | Silver scabbardfish | 2,631 |
| 22 | Albacore | 2,460 |
| 23 | Tope shark | 2,370 |
| 24 | Silver gemfish | 2,216 |
| 25 | Australian salmon | 2,060 |
| 26 | Alfonsinos nei | 2,013 |
| 27 | Common warehou | 1,877 |
| 28 | New Zealand blue cod | 1,616 |
| 29 | Cape bonnetmouth | 1,579 |
| 30 | Spotted estuary smooth-hound | 1,464 |
| 31 | Flatfishes nei | 1,362 |
| 32 | New Zealand lobster | 1,182 |
| 33 | Ghost shark | 1,102 |
| 34 | Stutchbury's venus | 1,098 |
| 35 | Mullets nei | 985 |
| 36 | Dark ghost shark | 980 |
| 37 | Sea urchins, etc. nei | 944 |
| 38 | Rough skate | 932 |
| 39 | Hapuku wreckfish | 931 |
| 39 | Skipjack tuna | 931 |
| 41 | Southern bluefin tuna | 875 |
| 42 | Common mora | 846 |
| 43 | White warehou | 836 |
| 44 | Rosefishes nei | 811 |
| 45 | Chilean oyster | 782 |
| 46 | Atlantic pomfret | 766 |
| 47 | Ratfishes nei | 761 |
| 48 | Abalones nei | 731 |
| 49 | Slender tuna | 587 |
| 50 | New Zealand smooth skate | 561 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.