Determining the age of skipjack tuna is difficult, and estimates of its potential lifespan range between 8 and 12 years.

[5] It is an important commercial and game fish, usually caught using purse seine nets, and is sold fresh, frozen, canned, dried, salted, and smoked.

[7] Countries recording large amounts of skipjack catches include the Maldives, France, Spain, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

[8] Skipjack is the most fecund of the main commercial tunas, and its population is considered sustainable against its current consumption.

[9][10] Its fishing is still controversial due to the methodology, with rod and reel or fishery options being promoted as ecologically preferable.

TBT is an organotin compound introduced into marine ecosystems through antifouling paint used on ship hulls and has been determined to be very toxic.

It is a cured and smoked skipjack tuna dish, made by cooking the fish after clipping it to a bamboo frame.

Hawaiians prefer to eat aku either raw as a sashimi or poke or seared in Japanese tataki style.

[23] The trade in pickled skipjack tuna is a driving force behind the commercial fishery of this species in Spain.