Marine fish landings in Tamil Nadu for the year 2018 (In tonnes)
| No. | Resouce | Landings | No. | Resouce | Landings | |
| 1 | ELASMOBRANCHS | 41 | POMFRETS | |||
| 2 | Sharks | 4945 | 42 | Black pomfret | 818 | |
| 3 | Skates/Guitarfish | 1198 | 43 | Silver pomfret | 701 | |
| 4 | Rays | 7925 | 44 | Chinese pomfret | 21 | |
| 5 | Eels | 598 | 45 | MACKERELS | ||
| 6 | Catfishes | 4165 | 46 | Indian mackerel | 30775 | |
| 7 | CLUPEIDS | 47 | Other mackerels | 1839 | ||
| 8 | Wolf herring | 2228 | 48 | SEER FISHES | ||
| 9 | Oil sardine | 26991 | 49 | S. commersoni | 5612 | |
| 10 | Other sardines | 93552 | 50 | S. guttatus | 1427 | |
| 11 | Hilsa shad | 0 | 51 | S. lineolatus | 0 | |
| 12 | Other shads | 1580 | 52 | Acanthocybium spp. | 255 | |
| 13 | Anchovies | 53 | TUNNIES | |||
| 14 | Coilia | 57 | 54 | E. affinis | 4225 | |
| 15 | Setipinna | 0 | 55 | Auxis. spp | 2482 | |
| 16 | Stolephorus | 10982 | 56 | K. pelamis | 14807 | |
| 17 | Thrissina | 0 | 57 | T. tonggol | 131 | |
| 18 | Thryssa | 14934 | 58 | Other tunnies | 13695 | |
| 19 | Other clupeids | 11686 | 59 | BILL FISHES | 6957 | |
| 20 | BOMBAYDUCK | 43 | 60 | BARRACUDAS | 23658 | |
| 21 | LIZARD FISHES | 11711 | 61 | MULLETS | 1710 | |
| 22 | HALF BEAKS&FULL BEAKS | 1923 | 62 | UNICORN COD | 0 | |
| 23 | FLYING FISHES | 1796 | 63 | FLAT FISHES | ||
| 24 | PERCHES | 64 | Halibut | 363 | ||
| 25 | Rock cods | 5664 | 65 | Flounders | 0 | |
| 26 | Snappers | 6739 | 66 | Soles | 2299 | |
| 27 | Pig-face breams | 10458 | 67 | CRUSTACEANS | ||
| 28 | Threadfin breams | 17719 | 68 | Penaeid prawns | 24431 | |
| 29 | Other perches | 30139 | 69 | Non-penaeid prawns | 1545 | |
| 30 | GOATFISHES | 10166 | 70 | Lobsters | 689 | |
| 31 | THREADFINS | 1230 | 71 | Crabs | 25431 | |
| 32 | CROAKERS | 10352 | 72 | Stomatopods | 208 | |
| 33 | RIBBON FISHES | 10877 | 73 | MOLLUSCS | ||
| 34 | CARANGIDS | 74 | Bivalves | 2627 | ||
| 35 | Horse Mackerel | 2588 | 75 | Gastropods | 1135 | |
| 36 | Scads | 36578 | 76 | Cephalopods | ||
| 37 | Leather-jackets | 1379 | 77 | Squids | 27436 | |
| 38 | Other carangids | 39490 | 78 | Cuttlefish | 18664 | |
| 39 | SILVERBELLIES | 64259 | 79 | Octopus | 5928 | |
| 40 | BIG-JAWED JUMPER | 605 | 80 | Seacow | 0 | |
| 81 | Whale | 0 | ||||
| 82 | SEAWEEDS | 0 | ||||
| 83 | MISCELLANEOUS | 37453 | ||||
| Total | 701876 |
