Mainly skipjack and small yellowfin are caught by pole-and-line gear. Most catch is for canning or producing a dried product.

About 7% of the tuna catch in the WCPO region is by pole-and-line gear, about 147,000 tonnes in 2009.  In the 1980s several PacificIsland countries had fleets of these vessels, but most no longer operate due to competition with the more productive purse seine gear.

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