TunaCatching and selling of tuna is also to be considered as one of Jaczon’s main activities in the oceans worldwide.
These tuna related activities can be diverted between the Indian Ocean and East and West Pacific. Jaczon participates in Cobrecaf S.A. (Compagnie Bretonne de Cargos Frigorifiques) in Concarneau, France which company owns a fleet of 10 tuna purseiners, all catching tuna in the Indian Ocean with Mahe, Seychelles as discharging port.
Details of the Cobrecaf fleet:
| Gueotec | 1991 | 81.9 | meters |
| Gueriden | 1991 | 81.9 | meters |
| Men Goe | 1992 | 79.8 | meters |
| Talenduic | 1992 | 79.8 | meters |
| Men Cren | 1992 | 79.8 | meters |
| Torre Giulia | 1997 | 81.9 | meters |
| Glenan | 2005 | 81.9 | meters |
| Trevignon | 2006 | 81.9 | meters |
| Drennec | 2006 | 81.0 | meters |
Next to this Jaczon participates in the Western Pacific in tuna vessels, being “Raffaello” and “Friesland”.
The tuna vessel “Friesland” is build at Ching Fu Shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. This vessel is in operation in the West Pacific since March 2005 and has become the largest of the Jaczon tuna fleet with a length of 89.20 metres and a fish well capacity of 2.020 m3. Tuna caught by the Friesland is delivered to the canning factory of SSTC in Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
Tuna caught by these vessels will be delivered to the recently opened canning factory of SSTC in Wewak , Papua New Guinea .
The main species caught by the Jaczon owned tuna vessels are yellowfin and skipjack.
Skipjack is the most popular tuna for consumption. It prefers to swim in the upper mixed layers of the ocean water, and mostly found between 45o N and 40o S. It is highly migratory and can be found all over the world within tropical waters. Large schools sometimes mix with small yellowfin. Normally dolphins do not swim together with the small skipjack, which almost makes it a guaranteed dolphin-safe species. Product characteristics: The meat of the skipjack has a somewhat darker colour sometimes even slightly pinkish. The small size of the fish makes it excellent for canned tuna chunks .
Yellowfin is the second tuna species is in terms of volume. They are found between 45oN and 40oS. They cover enormous distances around the globe, and all stocks mingle. It is a big fish, which can swim at very high speed In cooked form the yellowfin meat tends to have a very light yellow / brown colour. The structure of the meat is quite firm, and the taste is mild. If the fish gets larger then 10-15 kgs the meat tends to become slightly darker and somewhat dryer. The large size of the yellowfin make it well fit for solid pack in cans.
