Cumulative catches
Cumulative catch by species and by fishing gear from purse seine vessels
Catch year: 2025
Yearly report no: 7
Preliminary estimates of the retained catches of tunas in the EPO for the period 01 January - 03 August 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 
66,386 193,207 18,106 9 747 1,173 279,628 41.9 Mexico 
144,413 3,552 5,425 2,430 9 155,829 23.4 Other 
23,057 41,614 7,615 18 56 72,360 10.9 Panama 
36,149 48,620 5,873 32 111 90,785 13.6 United States 
3,322 23,653 4,136 2 21 31,134 4.7 Venezuela 
31,957 4,334 113 7 9 36,420 5.5 Total 305,284 314,980 35,843 5,425 9 0 3,236 1,379 666,156 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 0 0 0 0 BET 
27,504 20,725 25,116 21,552 35,843 BKJ 
3,100 3,465 4,568 3,678 3,236 BZX 
1,259 634 2 0 9 OTH 
791 1,154 1,746 1,815 1,379 PBF 
3,026 3,194 3,399 3,533 5,425 SKJ 
209,893 207,471 226,782 401,392 314,980 YFT 
172,252 193,975 209,174 196,795 305,284 Total 417,825 430,618 470,787 628,765 666,156 Other species may include other tunas, mackerel, sharks and miscellaneous fishes.