Marine fish landings in Tamil Nadu for the year 2017 (In tonnes)
| No. | Resources | Landings | No. | Resources | Landings | |
| 1 | ELASMOBRANCHS | 45 | MACKERELS | |||
| 2 | Sharks | 893 | 46 | Indian mackerel | 21928 | |
| 3 | Skates/Guitarfish | 668 | 47 | Other mackerels | 23 | |
| 4 | Rays | 7491 | 48 | SEER FISHES | ||
| 5 | Eels | 907 | 49 | S. commersoni | 7886 | |
| 6 | Catfishes | 6089 | 50 | S. guttatus | 1717 | |
| 7 | CLUPEIDS | 51 | S. lineolatus | 0 | ||
| 8 | Wolf herring | 3626 | 52 | Acanthocybium spp. | 156 | |
| 9 | Oil sardine | 51716 | 53 | TUNNIES | ||
| 10 | Other sardines | 110193 | 54 | E. affinis | 3203 | |
| 11 | Hilsa shad | 0 | 55 | Auxis. spp | 778 | |
| 12 | Other shads | 2642 | 56 | K. pelamis | 4851 | |
| 13 | Anchovies | 57 | T. tonggol | 724 | ||
| 14 | Coilia | 717 | 58 | Other tunnies | 8541 | |
| 15 | Setipinna | 237 | 59 | BILL FISHES | 2216 | |
| 16 | Stolephorus | 13789 | 60 | BARRACUDAS | 16678 | |
| 17 | Thrissina | 0 | 61 | MULLETS | 3630 | |
| 18 | Thryssa | 9132 | 62 | UNICORN COD | 0 | |
| 19 | Other clupeids | 8457 | 63 | FLAT FISHES | ||
| 20 | BOMBAYDUCK | 0 | 64 | Halibut | 182 | |
| 21 | LIZARD FISHES | 6342 | 65 | Flounders | 3 | |
| 22 | HALF BEAKS&FULL BEAKS | 2045 | 66 | Soles | 2275 | |
| 23 | FLYING FISHES | 1094 | 67 | CRUSTACEANS | ||
| 24 | PERCHES | 68 | Penaeid prawns | 23159 | ||
| 25 | Rock cods | 4063 | 69 | Non-penaeid prawns | 415 | |
| 26 | Snappers | 5923 | 70 | Lobsters | 763 | |
| 27 | Pig-face breams | 15137 | 71 | Crabs | 17276 | |
| 28 | Threadfin breams | 20705 | 72 | Stomatopods | 15 | |
| 29 | Other perches | 27121 | 73 | MOLLUSCS | ||
| 30 | GOATFISHES | 11223 | 74 | Bivalves | 1 | |
| 31 | THREADFINS | 417 | 75 | Gastropods | 1490 | |
| 32 | CROAKERS | 13164 | 76 | Cephalopods | ||
| 33 | RIBBON FISHES | 7075 | 77 | Squids | 32642 | |
| 34 | CARANGIDS | 78 | Cuttlefish | 24265 | ||
| 35 | Horse Mackerel | 2422 | 79 | Octopus | 4191 | |
| 36 | Scads | 17306 | 80 | Seacow | 0 | |
| 37 | Leather-jackets | 2425 | 81 | Whale | 0 | |
| 38 | Other carangids | 26020 | 82 | SEAWEEDS | 0 | |
| 39 | SILVERBELLIES | 76221 | 83 | MISCELLANEOUS | 18695 | |
| 40 | BIG-JAWED JUMPER | 263 | Total | 655090 | ||
| 41 | POMFRETS | |||||
| 42 | Black pomfret | 823 | ||||
| 43 | Silver pomfret | 1006 | ||||
| 44 | Chinese pomfret | 34 |
