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Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied Bonito)
Katsuwonus pelamis |
| Size + Weight: |
Average today abt 35 cm abt 3kg. |
| Biggest Angled Fish: |
18 kgs, Mauritius 1971 by Joseph Caboche |
| Catching Areas: |
55% Western Pacific Ocean
12% Eastern Pacific
20% Indian Ocean
13% Atlantic
Ocean |
| Catching methods: |
Mostly purse seining |
| Share of caught tuna: |
About 50-55% or 1.500.000 m/t |
| Main Production Areas: |
India, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines
Indonesia, Ecuador, Ghana, Colombia
Ivory Coast, Senegal, Samoa, Spain. |
| Life cycle: |
Abput 3 years max. |
| Major markets: |
Japan (sashimi)
Western-Europe
United States |
| Emerging markets: |
South-America |
| Product Forms: |
Canned (Light Tuna)
Fresh (whole fish)
Frozen Loins
Fresh-Frozen Fillets
Smoked |
Skipjack
Tunas are distinguished by the presence of four to seven dark,
longitudinal stripes on their bellies. Their dark blue backs are
accentuated by a clearly defined area of green above the pectoral fin,
which fades away towards the middle of the body. They have silvery flanks
and bellies and short fins. (These subheadings do not cover the Atlantic
or belted bonitos (Sarda sarda), which have oblique bands on their
backs. |
