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|  Tuna and tuna-like species are very important economically and a significant source of food. They include approximately forty species occurring in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and in the Mediterranean Sea. Their global production has tended to increase continuously from less than 0.6 million tonnes in 1950 to almost 6 million tonnes today.
The so-called principal market tuna species are most important among the tuna and tuna-like species from the catch weight and economical view points. They are landed in numerous locations around the world, traded on the nearly global scale and also processed and consumed in many locations worldwide. In 2003, their catch was approximately four million tonnes, which represents about 65% of the total catch of all tuna and tuna-like species. Most catches of the principal market tuna species are taken from the Pacific (64.2% of the total catch of principal market tuna species in 2003), with the Indian contributing much more (25% in 2003) than the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea (10.8% in 2003). Global tuna nominal catchesA searchable database containing, for the principal market tuna species, nominal catches by fishing gear, species, stock, fishing country and year for 1950 to 2003. | | |  Approximate contributions of individual principal market tuna species to their 2003 total catch is given below.PRINCIPAL MARKET TUNAS | | |  | | Albacore (ALB) | 3.6% | | Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) | less than 1% | | Bigeye tuna (BET) | 9.9 % | | Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) | less than 1% | | Southern bluefin tuna (SBF) | less than 1% | | Skipjack tuna (SKJ) | 51.6% | | Yellowfin tuna (YFT) | 33.7% |
Atlas on tunas and billfishes An interactive Atlas presenting the global distribution of 1950 to 2003 catches, at 5° latitude by 5° longitude resolution, of those tuna and tuna-like species for which this distribution is generally well known on the global scale. These species consist of the so-called principal market tunas and some billfishes. | | | | PRINCIPAL MARKET TUNAS | BILLFISHES | | albacore (Thunnus alalunga), ALB | Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), BUM | | bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), BET | Atlantic white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus), WHM | | northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), BFT | black marlin (Makaira indica), BLM | | skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), SKJ | Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara), BLZ | | southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), SBF | striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax), MLS | | yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), YFT | swordfish (Xiphias gladius), SWO |
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| World Bank Contributing to Extinctions and Overfishing New Report Documents Damage to the Pacific Ocean from Investments in Destructive Longline Fishing
by Sea Turtle Restoration Project 13 September 2005 | |
| | Only weeks after the World Bank announced a new project to promote sustainable fishing, a new report documents how controversial bank investments in longline fishing in the Pacific are contributing to overfishing for tuna and an extinction crisis for sea turtles and seabirds. As the World Bank prepares for its annual meeting on September 24-25, new questions arise as to the destructive impact of investments by the World Bank and other multilateral development banks on the ocean and fisheries resources. | |
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