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Natural Resources - Top Ten Commercial Fish Species Search

Top Ten Commercial Fish Species

Top Ten Species for Texas in 2016 Rank Landing Weight Landed Value Species Pounds Species Landed Value 1 shrimp, brown 38,319,287 shrimp, brown $96,467,598 2 shrimp, white 23,517,025 shrimp, white $54,351,321 3 crab, blue 4,990,124 oyster, eastern $15,914,836 4 oyster, eastern 2,902,857 snapper, red $10,480,379 5 snapper, red 2,369,275 crab, blue $6,413,704 6 drum, black 1,973,214 shrimp, marine, other $4,429,934 7 shrimp, marine, other 1,183,461 drum, black $2,266,281 8 grouper, yellowedge 325,225 grouper, yellowedge $1,419,322 9 tilefish, golden 202,191 finfishes, unc bait and animal food $889,758 10 snapper, vermilion 188,308 tilefish, golden $600,663 Click on a species name above or on a graph bar below to see a history of the catch.