Fishery, biology and stock structure of skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) exploited from Indian waters

Abstract

Global catches of skipjack tuna have been steadily
\nincreasing since 1951, reaching a peak in 2009 at 25, 99,681 t
\n(Fig.1). Most of the catches were reported from the fishing
\nareas 71, 51, 61 and 34 (FA0, 2011). Globally skipjack
\ntuna is caught at the surface, mostly with purse seines and
\npole and lines and to a small extent by gillnets, troll lines
\nand longlines. Gears like purse-seine and very long gillnets
\nenabled few nations to augment their production, whereas
\ntraditional pole and line nations suffered heavily.