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Cumulative catches

Cumulative catch by species and by fishing gear from purse seine vessels

Catch year: 2025
Yearly report no: 12

Preliminary estimates of the retained catches of tunas in the EPO for the period 01 January - 31 December 2025, by species and vessel flag, in metric tons.

  • Flag Yellowfin Skipjack Bigeye Pacific bluefin Bonitos Albacore Black skipjack Other Total Percentage of total
    Ecuador ECU 103,027 261,410 22,734 1 1,610 2,963 391,745 40.5
    Mexico MEX 196,784 5,659 6,165 65 2,458 12 211,143 21.9
    Other OTR 35,334 68,918 8,539 61 141 112,993 11.7
    Panama PAN 62,045 67,834 7,107 59 212 137,257 14.2
    United States USA 7,578 39,338 5,215 9 27 52,167 5.4
    Venezuela VEN 56,029 4,420 122 7 26 60,604 6.3
    Total 460,797 447,579 43,717 6,165 66 0 4,204 3,381 965,909

    Other flags include Colombia, EU (Spain), Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala; this category is used to avoid revealing the operations of individual vessels or companies.

  • Species 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
    ALB ALB 0 2 0 0 0
    BET BET 40,458 32,481 34,032 31,672 43,717
    BKJ BKJ 4,050 5,586 5,317 5,365 4,204
    BZX BZX 6,425 3,218 757 0 66
    OTH OTH 1,828 4,767 3,750 3,037 3,381
    PBF PBF 3,026 3,194 3,402 3,533 6,165
    SKJ SKJ 339,928 313,010 388,591 623,650 447,579
    YFT YFT 251,471 286,449 302,704 301,666 460,797
    Total 647,186 648,707 738,553 968,923 965,909

    Other species may include other tunas, mackerel, sharks and miscellaneous fishes.