Description
English: Yellowfin Tuna.
Latin: Thunnus albacores.
Dhivehi (Maldives language):
Reedhoo uraha Kanneli.
Normal size: 3 ft to 5 ft
Usual weight: Between ***0 kg.
Biggest Fish Caught:**5 kgs, Mexico ***7 by Curt
Wiesenhutter.
Catching Areas:It is found every where in open waters of
Maldives.
Around the
world:
*6%
Western Pacific
*6%
Eastern Pacific
*4 %
Indian Ocean including Maldives
*4%
Atlantic Ocean
Catching Methods:In Maldives majority are caught by Pole and line
and some by Trolling.
Other countries: usually purse seining, also
long-line.
Share of all Tuna Caught:
About *5% or 1.**0.**0
m/t.
Major Manufactures: Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Spain, Italy.
Life Cycle:About **7 years.
Major Markets of Maldives:
USA, Europe, Japan, Thailand and
Srilanka.
International Markets:
Japan, Western-Europe, United
States.
Major products of Maldives:
Chilled whole fish, Frozen Loins,
Chilled Loins.
Production of Other countries:
Canned, Chilled whole fish, Frozen
Loins, Chilled Loins, Fresh Fillets, Smoked.
