Marine fish landings in Tamil Nadu for the year 2016 (In tonnes)
| No. | Species / Group | Landings | No. | Species / Group | Landings | |
| 1 | ELASMOBRANCHS | 39 | BIG-JAWED JUMPER | 93 | ||
| 2 | Sharks | 1265 | 40 | POMFRETS | ||
| 3 | Skates | 690 | 41 | Black pomfret | 1603 | |
| 4 | Rays | 10209 | 42 | Silver pomfret | 1223 | |
| 5 | Eels | 534 | 43 | MACKERELS | ||
| 6 | Catfishes | 6965 | 44 | Indian mackerel | 32278 | |
| 7 | CLUPEIDS | 45 | Other mackerels | 183 | ||
| 8 | Wolf herring | 3066 | 46 | SEER FISHES | ||
| 9 | Oil sardine | 80957 | 47 | S. commersoni | 7118 | |
| 10 | Other sardines | 94745 | 48 | S. guttatus | 1898 | |
| 11 | Hilsa shad | 172 | 49 | Acanthocybium spp. | 16 | |
| 12 | Other shads | 7586 | 50 | TUNNIES | ||
| 13 | Anchovies | 51 | E. affinis | 3380 | ||
| 14 | Coilia | 1671 | 52 | Auxis. spp | 1919 | |
| 15 | Setipinna | 503 | 53 | K. pelamis | 10112 | |
| 16 | Stolephorus | 10615 | 54 | Other tunnies | 5072 | |
| 17 | Thryssa | 8270 | 55 | BILL FISHES | 7609 | |
| 18 | Other clupeids | 5446 | 56 | BARRACUDAS | 17412 | |
| 19 | BOMBAYDUCK | 0 | 57 | MULLETS | 3582 | |
| 20 | LIZARD FISHES | 11296 | 58 | FLAT FISHES | ||
| 21 | HALF BEAKS&FULL BEAKS | 2523 | 59 | Halibut | 307 | |
| 22 | FLYING FISHES | 2754 | 60 | Flounders | 9 | |
| 23 | PERCHES | 61 | Soles | 3302 | ||
| 24 | Rock cods | 3611 | 62 | CRUSTACEANS | ||
| 25 | Snappers | 5364 | 63 | Penaeid prawns | 29570 | |
| 26 | Pig-face breams | 10412 | 64 | Non-penaeid prawns | 4442 | |
| 27 | Threadfin breams | 13661 | 65 | Lobsters | 1182 | |
| 28 | Other perches | 20573 | 66 | Crabs | 26020 | |
| 29 | GOATFISHES | 15145 | 67 | Stomatopods | 42 | |
| 30 | THREADFINS | 766 | 68 | MOLLUSCS | ||
| 31 | CROAKERS | 15209 | 69 | Bivalves | 1204 | |
| 32 | RIBBON FISHES | 17103 | 70 | Gastropods | 1272 | |
| 33 | CARANGIDS | 71 | Cephalopods | |||
| 34 | Horse Mackerel | 1173 | 72 | Squids | 23599 | |
| 35 | Scads | 10058 | 73 | Cuttlefish | 23964 | |
| 36 | Leather-jackets | 3115 | 74 | Octopus | 6507 | |
| 37 | Other carangids | 26689 | 75 | MISCELLANEOUS | 23467 | |
| 38 | SILVERBELLIES | 76476 | Total | 707007 |
