West, Central and South Pacific Longline Japan, Rep. of Korea and Taiwan Province of China Albacore, bigeye and yellowfin

Target species: yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).

Target species: yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis

Target species: yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).

This technique targeting pelagic fish specifically, allows fishermen to offload at Mahé some high quality tuna (big eye and yellow fin) and sword fish.

Although there are many types, four of the most common species of tuna include Bluefin, Yellowfin, Albacore and Bigeye.

Catches rose to 3 984 tonnes in 2011, with increases in the quantities of yellowfin and bigeye tuna.

North Atlantic bigeye and albacore tuna

West, Central and South Pacific Longline Japan, Rep. of Korea and Taiwan Province of China Albacore, bigeye and yellowfin

The French tropical tuna seiner fleet counts 17 units which catch over 100 000 tons of tuna (bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack).

Nearly 60% of the world’s tuna comes from the Pacific (3), where the region’s valuable bigeye and yellowfin tuna are currently being overfished.

Nearly 60% of the world's tuna comes from the Pacific (4), where the region's valuable bigeye and yellowfin tuna are currently being overfished.

The PNA wants to expand it to the longline fishing vessels which use hooked lines to fish for bigeye and yellowfin tuna for the Japanese sushi and sashimi markets.

Prepared or preserved fillets and loins of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus

Bigeye tuna (all areas