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 | Emperors(=Scavengers) nei | 8,585 |
| 2 | Carangids nei | 4,507 |
| 3 | Natantian decapods nei | 4,072 |
| 4 | Green tiger prawn | 3,688 |
| 5 | Cuttlefishes nei | 3,269 |
| 6 | Tuna-like fishes nei | 3,265 |
| 7 | Groupers nei | 2,959 |
| 8 | King soldier bream | 2,254 |
| 9 | Blue swimming crab | 2,175 |
| 10 | Penaeus shrimps nei | 1,999 |
| 11 | Barracudas nei | 1,652 |
| 12 | Pink ear emperor | 1,481 |
| 13 | Marine fishes nei | 1,476 |
| 14 | Marbled spinefoot | 1,388 |
| 15 | Sea catfishes nei | 1,368 |
| 16 | Kawakawa | 1,229 |
| 17 | Spangled emperor | 1,216 |
| 18 | Cephalopods nei | 1,090 |
| 19 | Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel | 1,048 |
| 20 | Indian mackerel | 945 |
| 21 | Silver grunt | 849 |
| 22 | Snappers, jobfishes nei | 724 |
| 23 | Threadfin and dwarf breams nei | 721 |
| 24 | Lizardfishes nei | 697 |
| 25 | Indo-Pacific king mackerel | 694 |
| 26 | Marine crabs nei | 632 |
| 27 | Porgies, seabreams nei | 623 |
| 28 | Haffara seabream | 571 |
| 29 | Indian scad | 506 |
| 30 | Various sharks nei | 471 |
| 31 | Black-streaked monocle bream | 415 |
| 32 | Twobar seabream | 398 |
| 33 | Shrimp scad | 389 |
| 34 | Longface emperor | 376 |
| 35 | White-blotched grouper | 320 |
| 36 | Sky emperor | 319 |
| 37 | Smalltooth emperor | 310 |
| 38 | Areolate grouper | 298 |
| 39 | Yellow-edged lyretail | 291 |
| 40 | Yellowtail scad | 288 |
| 41 | Snubnose emperor | 285 |
| 42 | Camouflage grouper | 214 |
| 43 | Parrotfishes nei | 177 |
| 44 | Squaretail coralgrouper | 171 |
| 45 | Needlescaled queenfish | 168 |
| 46 | Randall's threadfin bream | 167 |
| 47 | Bluespine unicornfish | 165 |
| 48 | John's snapper | 160 |
| 49 | Summan grouper | 142 |
| 50 | Candelamoa parrotfish | 140 |
Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.