Steve, From my experience skipjack like bonito and barries are fish that must be eaten immediatly. Skippies and bonito should be bled upon being caught and iced immediatly and then consumed as quickly as possible (never canned any so I can't speak to that). If you do that I have found them to be palitable and good. In my experience if you freeze any of these they are mush when you try to consume them later and the taste becomes stronger. If you buy canned tuna at the store that is labeled chunk light it is skipjack. Skipjack is actually a safer tuna to consume in quantity because their life span is three to five years so they do not accumulate the quantity toxins that other species can have. Also albacore by law when canned can only be labeled as albacore and no other species of tuna can be labeled as such. P.s. if you like store bought canned albacore buy the pouches as the flavor is better because it does not need as much pressure cooking time to sterlize the meat which results in a better flavor. My two cents....
