Cumulative catches
Cumulative catch by species and by fishing gear from purse seine vessels
Catch year: 2025
Yearly report no: 11
Preliminary estimates of the retained catches of tunas in the EPO for the period 01 January - 31 December 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 
96,349 247,031 21,381 1 1,430 2,502 368,694 40 Mexico 
191,997 5,649 6,165 65 2,459 12 206,347 22.3 Other 
34,507 67,198 8,403 58 125 110,291 11.9 Panama 
58,513 63,158 6,820 58 187 128,736 13.9 United States 
7,726 39,172 5,238 9 27 52,172 5.6 Venezuela 
53,513 4,506 122 7 20 58,168 6.3 Total 442,605 426,714 41,964 6,165 66 0 4,021 2,873 924,408 Other flags include Colombia, 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 2 0 0 0 BET 
38,919 30,395 33,483 31,029 41,964 BKJ 
3,895 5,389 5,307 5,280 4,021 BZX 
6,325 3,218 712 0 66 OTH 
1,701 4,604 3,703 2,959 2,873 PBF 
3,026 3,194 3,402 3,533 6,165 SKJ 
319,035 296,633 361,789 595,897 426,714 YFT 
241,598 277,212 295,357 292,181 442,605 Total 614,499 620,647 703,753 930,879 924,408 Other species may include other tunas, mackerel, sharks and miscellaneous fishes.