All skipjack tuna are produced from wild harvest fisheries, most operating at industrial scales. Distant water fishing fleets play take the majority of Asia Pacific catches by volume.

Skipjack tuna is produced throughout the western and central Pacific ocean, in tropical and warm termparate seas of east and Southeast Asia and in the Indian ocean. The Pacific and Southeast Asian fisheries produce the greatest catch.

Skipjack tuna is one of the most widely consumed fish, almost totally in the form of canned tuna in its many forms. Having the lowest price among the tunas, skipjack tuna is affordable to a wide range of consumers at most income levels. Much of the Asia-Pacific catch is exported to United States and European markets.

Most commonly eaten as canned tuna, skipjack tuna is also famous in Japan as one of the key ingredients for the famous dashi soup base, another being kelp.

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Skipjack tuna are of vital economic importance to the economies of the Pacific island countries and small island developing countries of the Indian ocean, largely through foreign fishing access fees. Efforts are underway to improve the labor force partcipation in commercial fishing in these countries. Some Asian countries such as Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia also have major and growing fleets based on skipjack and other surface tuna fisheries.

 

Processing of the fish in the region also creates employment, especially in the large processing countries (Thailand and Philippines) and in smaller plants in other countries such as Fiji. Women's employment make important economic and social contributions in these factories.

 

Recreational fisheries are minor but potentially important activities in the Asia-Pacific region.