There are many different kinds of canned tuna you can buy nowadays, even beyond water-packed, oil-packed, and in a brine.

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Skipjack and albacore are both types of tuna. Skipjack is a smaller species of tuna that typically weighs 2 to 10 pounds. Albacore is a larger species of tuna that can weigh up to 60 pounds.

You can eat albacore, but only one 4-ounce serving per week," Consumer Reports says. It suggests that kids stick to light or skipjack tuna and eat low-mercury fish in limited quantities.

Unlike salmon or shrimp, almost all tuna is caught in the wild. Smaller species like skipjack and albacore are netted in vast purse seines that trap other fish as well, ravaging entire ecosystems.

No matter how you enjoy tuna, it has a host of health benefits when not combined with unhealthy ingredients.

We found a wide range in mercury levels between types of tuna as well as among different brands. Light and skipjack varieties, for instance, contain much less mercury on average than albacore tuna.

The term tuna encompasses several species of fish, including skipjack, albacore, yellowfin, and bigeye. Skipjack is the most commonly consumed species.

As the effects of Kay settled, the Intrepid headed back south after getting some good central coast reds along with the albacore and big eye tuna.