The global commercial catch of tuna reached 5 million metric tons (MT) in 2014, up from 4.6 million MT in the previous year, and now accounts for approximately 6 percent of the world’s 81.5 million MT marine catch, finds the latest Tuna Stock Status Update report published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).
Skipjack accounted for 57 percent of the total tuna catch, followed by yellowfin (27 percent), bigeye (9 percent), albacore (6 percent) and bluefin (1 percent).…
