Skipjack tuna commercial tunas, and its population is considered sustainable against its current consumption. Its fishing is still controversial due to the methodology, with rod and reel or fishery options being promoted as ecologically preferable. Purse seine methods are considered unsustainable by some authorities due to excess bycatch, although bycatch is said to be much reduced if fish aggregation devices are not used. These considerations have led to the availability of canned skipjack marked with the fishing method used to catch it. Skipjack is considered to have "moderate" mercury contamination. As a result, pregnant women are advised against eating large quantities. In
Kathryn (skipjack) half interest, again for "$5.00 etc." and served as her captain. She received a major rebuild in 1954 at the Krentz Marine Railway in Harryhogan, Virginia, which was published in "Chesapeake Sailing Craft". In 1963 Wheatley became "Kathryn's" full owner. Johnnie R. Parkinson, Jr. bought "Kathryn" in 1975 for $18,000 and moved her to Crisfield. She was sold in 1981 to Herman Russell Dize (whose father had worked aboard "Kathryn" 70 years before) and William James Roe, Jr. Capt. Harold "Stoney" Whitelock of Dames Quarter, Maryland purchased "Kathryn" in 2008 and is currently working to restore her. Kathryn (skipjack) The