Cumulative catches
Cumulative catch by species and by fishing gear from purse seine vessels
Catch year: 2025
Yearly report no: 2
Preliminary estimates of the retained catches of tunas in the EPO for the period 01 January - 02 March 2025, by species and vessel flag, in metric tons.
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Flag Yellowfin Skipjack Bigeye Pacific bluefin Bonitos Albacore Black skipjack Other Total Percentage of total Ecuador 
17,374 51,975 5,881 114 120 75,464 48.2 Mexico 
32,376 2,122 1,643 125 36,266 23.2 Other 
5,497 13,463 1,534 8 54 20,556 13.1 Panama 
4,982 13,892 1,390 6 37 20,307 13 Venezuela 
2,195 1,632 3 3,830 2.5 Total 62,424 83,084 8,808 1,643 0 0 253 211 156,423 Other flags include Colombia, United States, EU (Spain), Nicaragua, El Salvador; this category is used to avoid revealing the operations of individual vessels or companies.
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Species 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 ALB 
0 0 0 0 0 BET 
6,016 4,215 6,029 3,228 8,808 BKJ 
299 70 243 50 253 BZX 
0 0 0 0 0 OTH 
0 139 125 292 211 PBF 
3,026 3,181 3,399 3,533 1,643 SKJ 
48,801 40,843 58,790 106,854 83,084 YFT 
49,489 43,443 41,443 37,365 62,424 Total 107,631 91,891 110,029 151,322 156,423 Other species may include other tunas, mackerel, sharks and miscellaneous fishes.