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
Flora A. Price (skipjack) to the elements. The ship was located in Cambridge, Dorchester County. The ship was donated to a Dorchester County Maritime Museum in Cambridge, Maryland with the intent that she would be preserved, however the boat sunk in the Cambridge, Maryland harbor while anchored and was left for about two years to rot. She was removed by an excavator and put on shore in a heap and burned in 2013. Flora A. Price (skipjack) The Flora A. Price was a skipjack that was listed on Preservation Maryland's 2008 list of most endangered historic sites. She was built in 1910 in Somerset