 World
tuna catching facts 
 Catching
by geographic region
•
Pacific Ocean
•
Indian Ocean
•
Atlantic Ocean
Catching
by species
•
Skipjack
•
Yellowfin
•
Albacore
World
tuna production by major producing countries
Total tuna catching stood at 3,605,000 tons in 2000, down about
5.7 percent from 3,823,000 tons in 1999. The main tuna catching
nations are concentrated in Asia, with Japan and Taiwan as the
main producers. Other important tuna catching nations in Asia
are Indonesia and South Korea.
World
fresh and frozen tuna production
In 2000, world fresh and frozen tuna
production stood at 1,823,000 tons, a drop of 5 percent from
1,922,000 tons in 1999 and down 11 percent from 2,054,000 tons
in 1998.
World
canned tuna production
World canned tuna production World
canned tuna production totaled 1,357,000 tons in 2000, down
slightly from 1,399,000 tons in 1999 and down form 1,406,000
tons in 1998.
Type
of canned tuna products
• species/ yellowfin,
Skipjack, Albacore,Bigeye
• style/ Chunk, Solid,Flake
• packing media/ in
brine/Vegetable oil/water
• packaging / Can
Production
processes of canned tuna products
Raw material receiving, preparing, processing, filling, seaming,
storaging, labelling, loading/shipping
Recovery
yield percentage
White meat42%, red meat12%, liquid loss21%, scrap 25%
Cost
structure
/ Raw Material, overhead, labor
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