Top Blue Whiting Poutassou Fishing Countries

Here are the top countries with fish catch in metric tons from the latest year with data available, 2022. Data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

RankCountryMetric Tons
1Faroe Islands220,251
2Norway194,973
3Iceland191,813
4Russian Federation128,002
5Netherlands (Kingdom of the)62,764
6United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland50,142
7Denmark45,517
8Ireland28,582
9Spain24,804
10Greenland22,878
11Germany21,851
12Poland20,744
13France14,219
14Lithuania13,150
15Portugal2,283
16Türkiye1,084
17Greece495
18Italy111
19Sweden33
20Croatia12
21Lebanon5

Data from FAO. 2025. Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture.