Canning and Fish Packaging Technology

Unit 6 - Canning of commercially important fishes and shellfishes

6.2.2.Tuna and tuna like fish
Several varieties of tuna are being canned. Some of the important varieties are

• Albacore/long fin tuna
• Yellow fin tuna
• Big eye tuna
• Blue fin
• Skip jack
• Bonito

Albacore or long fin tuna has flesh with pinkish colour and proportion of colour pigment is low. It also contains larger proportion of light/white meat and hence most commonly used.