Skipjack tuna addition, skipjack's livers were tested globally for tributyltin contamination. TBT is an organotin compound introduced into marine ecosystems through antifouling paint used on ship hulls, and has been determined to be very toxic. About 90% of skipjack tested positive for contamination, especially in Southeast Asia, where regulations of TBT use are less rigorous than in Europe or the US. Skipjack tuna is used extensively in Japanese cuisine, where it is known as . Besides being eaten seared () and raw in sushi and sashimi, it is also smoked and dried to make katsuobushi, the central ingredient in dashi (a common
HMS Skipjack (1808) after having lost her master, Birt Dynely, her mate, and four seamen killed, and two men wounded. "Confiance" took "Duke of Montrose" into Guadeloupe. On 23 August 1808 captured the French privateer schooner "Confiance", of seven guns (though pierced for 16) and 70 men. She was three days out from Cayenne. The Royal Navy took "Confiance" into service as "Skipjack". Lieutenant Thompson commissioned "Skipjack" later that year. In January -February 1810, "Skipjack" participated in the capture of Guadeloupe, which earned for her crew the clasp "Guadaloupe" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all