Tuna

Appears in
The Tinned Fish Cookbook: Easy-To-Make Meals from Ocean to Plate
The Tinned Fish Cookbook

By Bart van Olphen

Published 2021

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SPECIES
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
AVERAGE WEIGHT AND LENGTH
Skipjack (or striped tuna): 11 pounds, 2 feet 3 inches long (5 kg and 70 cm)
Albacore (or white tuna): 66 pounds, 3 feet 7 inches long (30 kg and 110 cm)
FISHING METHODS
Pole and line, seine nets
SOME MSC-CERTIFIED POLE-AND-LINE TUNA FISHERIES
Horizon Fisheries on Laamu Atoll, the Maldives (skipjack)
American Albacore Fishing Association in San Diego, California (albacore)
North Atlantic Albacore Artisanal Fishery in Hondarribia, Spain (albacore)