FIRMS - FIRMS on tuna

FIRMS on Tuna and Tuna fisheries

This page provides a global digest of the information available through FIRMS on Tuna, Billfishes and Tuna-like resources. At this stage, the following FIRMS partners are contributing reports on families Scombridae, Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae: CCSBT, FAO, IATTC, ICCAT, ICES, IOTC.

FIRMS Global Tuna Atlas
Browse catch statistics of tuna and tuna-like species around the world

The Atlas collates latest catch statistics provided by the five t-RFMOs, and includes:

the global nominal catch dataset;
three geo-referenced catch datasets in weight and / or number, spatially aggregated by grid square of 1x1 or 5x5 degree.

Access the Tuna Atlas map viewer

Access the Tuna Atlas metadata catalogue

Access the four datasets of catches of tuna, tuna-like and shark species

Global annual catch (1918 - 2019)

Global monthly catch aggregated by statistical squares of 1° or 5° longitude and latitude

Global monthly catch by purse seiners and pole-and-liners by statistical squares of 1° longitude and latitude

Global monthly catch aggregated by statistical squares of 5° longitude and latitude

See most up to date Marine Resource and Fishery FIRMS reports on Tunas, Billfishes and Tuna-like species

Global overview
- World global tuna fisheries
- Global tuna resources status report

State and Trend summaries

Marine Resource and Fishery FIRMS reports on Tuna species by major groups

Tuna species by utilization
- See major tuna species for sashimi (Bigeye tuna, Northern Bluefin tuna)
- See major tuna species for canning (Skipjack tuna, Yellowfin tuna)

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