Species ranked by captured weight; tonnes, 2024; shares use Portugal’s total catch.
Portugal’s leading individual fish species are ranked by captured weight in 2024. The ranking covers nine leading species from 15 non-overlapping species categories, and shares use the national catch of 122,039 tonnes. Sardine ranked first at 31,922 tonnes, ahead of chub mackerel by 13,617 tonnes. The nine ranked species accounted for 76.8% of Portugal’s total catch.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sardine | 31,922 | 2024 |
| 2 | Chub mackerel | 18,305 | 2024 |
| 3 | Horse mackerel | 14,228 | 2024 |
| 4 | Tuna | 8,139 | 2024 |
| 5 | European anchovy | 5,882 | 2024 |
| 6 | Octopus | 4,970 | 2024 |
| 7 | Cockle | 4,847 | 2024 |
| 8 | Black scabbardfish | 4,038 | 2024 |
| 9 | Cuttlefish | 1,412 | 2024 |
Source 1: Captured fish: total and by main species
Publisher: PORDATA
Dataset/table: PORDATA Fisheries Statistics
Units: tonnes
Date checked: 2026-07-17
Evidence: Supports Portugal total captured fish and every published individual species row for 2024.
The total catch includes species and categories beyond the 15 named individual rows. Group totals are not mixed into the species ranking.
The comparison retains individual species and excludes overlapping group totals. The species were ranked by tonnes, and shares use the separately published total catch.
Every ranked row and the denominator use the same DGRM source family, 2024 period and tonne unit.
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