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Cumulative catches

Cumulative catch by species and by fishing gear other than longline, principally by purse seine and pole-and-line

Catch year: 2023
Yearly report no: 9

Preliminary estimates of the retained catches of tunas in the EPO for the period 01 January - 01 October 2023, 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 40,196 172,627 14,924 1 1,297 2,530 231,575 39.4
    Mexico MEX 129,293 7,230 246 3,399 3,763 20 143,951 24.5
    Nicaragua NIC 8,801 7,419 1,199 1 5 17,425 2.9
    Other OTR 23,697 39,873 6,424 6 36 70,036 11.9
    Panama PAN 28,560 37,054 3,455 33 193 69,295 11.8
    United States USA 4,439 25,889 2,392 5 1 32,726 5.6
    Venezuela VEN 21,705 1,574 1 8 7 23,295 3.9
    Total 256,691 291,666 28,640 3,399 2 0 5,113 2,792 588,303

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

  • Species 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
    ALB ALB 0 0 0 2 0
    BET BET 41,402 41,626 33,731 23,507 28,640
    BKJ BKJ 3,691 1,587 3,624 4,369 5,113
    BZX BZX 5,450 2,633 4,865 2,771 2
    OTH OTH 502 328 1,538 3,129 2,792
    PBF PBF 2,460 3,268 3,026 3,194 3,399
    SKJ SKJ 270,271 257,108 260,824 249,742 291,666
    YFT YFT 180,353 177,913 214,895 239,217 256,691
    Total 504,129 484,463 522,503 525,931 588,303

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