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 | 2,422 |
| 2 | Orange-spotted grouper | 2,089 |
| 3 | Spangled emperor | 1,782 |
| 4 | Pink ear emperor | 1,382 |
| 5 | White-spotted spinefoot | 1,182 |
| 6 | Blue swimming crab | 1,032 |
| 7 | Kawakawa | 734 |
| 8 | Talang queenfish | 662 |
| 9 | Orangespotted trevally | 567 |
| 10 | King soldier bream | 494 |
| 11 | Haffara seabream | 433 |
| 12 | Yellowtail barracuda | 430 |
| 13 | Snubnose emperor | 429 |
| 14 | Yellowtail scad | 400 |
| 15 | Malabar trevally | 366 |
| 16 | Giant catfish | 360 |
| 17 | Marine fishes nei | 343 |
| 18 | Whitecheek shark | 327 |
| 19 | Painted sweetlips | 282 |
| 20 | Pharaoh cuttlefish | 255 |
| 21 | Golden trevally | 251 |
| 22 | Black-streaked monocle bream | 236 |
| 23 | Dory snapper | 222 |
| 24 | Twobar seabream | 215 |
| 25 | Karanteen seabream | 211 |
| 26 | Smalltooth emperor | 173 |
| 27 | Smallscaled grouper | 150 |
| 28 | Duskytail grouper | 149 |
| 29 | Malabar blood snapper | 100 |
| 30 | Cobia | 88 |
| 31 | Delagoa threadfin bream | 80 |
| 32 | Greater lizardfish | 66 |
| 32 | Longtail silverbiddy | 66 |
| 34 | Longnose trevally | 60 |
| 35 | Bludger | 58 |
| 35 | Sordid rubberlip | 58 |
| 37 | Pearly goatfish | 49 |
| 38 | Pinjalo | 44 |
| 39 | Jarbua terapon | 29 |
| 40 | Yellowfin seabream | 19 |
| 40 | Bluespot mullet | 19 |
| 42 | Blue-barred parrotfish | 17 |
| 43 | Dusky spinefoot | 13 |
| 44 | Orbicular batfish | 11 |
| 44 | Hound needlefish | 11 |
| 46 | Yellowfin hind | 9 |
| 46 | Bartail flathead | 9 |
| 48 | Dorab wolf-herring | 8 |
| 48 | Blackspotted rubberlip | 8 |
| 50 | Sobaity seabream | 6 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.