Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
COMMON NAMES
- Yellowfin tuna
SEAFOOD RATING
Seafood Watch Profile(s)FISHERIES STATUS
Fishsource Profile(s)Global studies
GLOBAL EFFORT
Map showing the total number of samples tested by country, with the colors indicating the total number of studies conducted in each country.
Global samples
Mislabeling studies have been conducted in north America, south Africa, Australia, Philippines, and multiple European countries, with the most studies from the United States and most samples from Spain.
MISLABELING
The global mislabeling rate for Yellowfin tuna is somewhere between 2% and 21%, with the most likely value being 9%.
The 2017 global production was 1.4 mm tonnes.
Yellowfin tuna
Most likely mislabeling rate is 9%.
SUBSTITUTES
Map showing substitutes color-coded by country. An * indicates a seafood product that encompasses more than one species.
Eight substitutes for Yellowfin tuna have been identified in nine countries.
