 The species is especially important in fisheries based around coral reefs, with one such fishery in Papua New Guinea showing bigeye trevally are the most frequently taken carangid, and one of the top five most important species overall.It is also of high importance in small artisanal and subsistence fisheries, for which statistics are not kept.Bigeye trevally are taken by a number of methods including hook and line, gill nets, purse seines and various other netting methods.