Table 8.

Worldwide Tuna Catch Data for the Year 2002 [1]

Species	Catch (metric tons)	Ave. Wt. (kg)	Est. Number Fish Harvested*
skipjack	2.0 × 106	3	670 × 106
yellowfin	1.3 × 106	5–20	130 × 106
bigeye	0.43 × 106	15–20	24 × 106
albacore	0.24 × 106	9–20	16 × 106
longtail	0.125 × 106	15–20	6.9 × 106
Pacific bluefin	0.024 × 106	7	3.4 × 106
Atlantic bluefin	0.036 × 106	17	2.1 × 106

*Number of Atlantic bluefin tuna harvested obtained from ICCAT [51].