Items that count as fishmeat

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 22 items carry the base:fishmeat tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any fishmeat" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Alligator Gar	Food	0.4
Black Crappie	Food	0.4
Blue Catfish	Food	0.4
Bluegill	Food	0.4
Channel Catfish	Food	0.4
Fish Fillet	Food	0.2
Flathead Catfish	Food	0.4
Freshwater Drum	Food	0.4
Green Sunfish	Food	0.4
Largemouth Bass	Food	0.4
Muskellunge	Food	0.4
Paddlefish	Food	0.4
Redear Sunfish	Food	0.4
Salmon	Food	0.3
Sauger	Food	0.4
Smallmouth Bass	Food	0.4
Spotted Bass	Food	0.4
Striped Bass	Food	0.4
Walleye	Food	0.4
White Bass	Food	0.4
White Crappie	Food	0.4
Yellow Perch	Food	0.4

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Recipes that use it

Recipes that accept any item with this tag:

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Quick answers

Which items count as fishmeat in Project Zomboid?

22 items: Alligator Gar, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Fish Fillet, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Paddlefish and more.

What is the fishmeat tag used for?

It is used by 3 crafting recipes, including Prepare Sushi, Prepare Maki, Prepare Onigiri.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.