Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for blue marlin (Makaira nigricans).                    
“0”; Fishing effort was reported but no catch. “+”; Bellow 499kg catch. “-“; Unreported catch or catch information not available. *: Data from the most recent years are provisional.                                      
Catch disposition Year JPN KOR TWN USA Species Grand Total
Longline JPN total Longline KOR total Set-net Gill-net (not specified) Harpoon Longline Others Purse seine TWN total Handline Longline Troll Others Purse seine USA total
Retained 1953               -      -              - 
  1954               -      -              - 
  1955               -      -              - 
  1956               -      -              - 
  1957               -      -              - 
  1958               887     887             887
  1959               781     781             781
  1960               948     948             948
  1961               703     703             703
  1962               628     628             628
  1963               691     691             691
  1964               934     934             934
  1965               1,016     1,016             1,016
  1966               957     957             957
  1967         -  -  317 898 167   1,382             1,382
  1968         -  30 649 1,433 120   2,232             2,232
  1969         -  58 465 1,232 103   1,858             1,858
  1970         1 21 604 1,385 70   2,081             2,081
  1971 5,461 5,461 0 0 -  13 473 1,331 118   1,935             7,396
  1972 6,772 6,772 0 0 -  14 490 1,205 50   1,759             8,531
  1973 6,453 6,453 0 0 -  12 275 1,650 265   2,202             8,655
  1974 6,545 6,545 0 0 1 6 355 2,144 146   2,652             9,197
  1975 4,374 4,374 0 0 -  3 421 2,638 207   3,269             7,643
  1976 5,018 5,018 0 0 -  9 511 1,315 162   1,997             7,015
  1977 4,780 4,780 0 0 -  11 391 1,183 110   1,695             6,475
  1978 5,900 5,900 0 0 1 15 364 1,633 7   2,020             7,920
  1979 5,949 5,949 0 0 3 19 362 1,646 164   2,194             8,143
  1980 5,613 5,613 155 155 -  35 444 1,185 170   1,834             7,602
  1981 5,518 5,518 0 0 -  35 313 1,840 69   2,257             7,775
  1982 6,051 6,051 351 351 -  7 306 2,139 120   2,572             8,974
  1983 4,796 4,796 82 82 -  26 741 2,122 127   3,016             7,894
  1984 6,248 6,248 155 155 -  22 960 1,789 111   2,882             9,285
  1985 5,164 5,164 45 45 9 11 747 1,187 43   1,997     145     145 7,351
  1986 5,922 5,922 86 86 4 90 839 1,723 107   2,763     220     220 8,991
  1987 5,370 5,370 89 89 12 9 973 4,627 1   5,622   51 261     312 11,393
  1988 5,054 5,054 133 133 20 8 658 2,822 589   4,097   102 266     368 9,652
  1989 5,117 5,117 50 50 10 14 640 2,691 9   3,364   356 326     682 9,213
  1990 4,116 4,116 44 44 3 24 427 1,749 143   2,346   378 295     673 7,179
  1991 4,094 4,094 75 75 4 50 338 2,288 152   2,832   297 346     643 7,644
  1992 3,721 3,721 60 60 25 40 432 3,786 110   4,393   347 260     607 8,781
  1993 4,600 4,600 36 36 44 41 400 4,135 82   4,702   339 311     650 9,988
  1994 5,832 5,832 2 2 12 30 206 3,007 7   3,262   362 298     660 9,756
  1995 5,907 5,907 0 0 15 36 895 3,896 5   4,847   570 315     885 11,639
  1996 3,260 3,260 10 10 13 35 270 3,337 10 -  3,665   467 409     876 7,811
  1997 3,697 3,697 145 145 5 48 194 3,683 -  -  3,930   487 378     865 8,637
  1998 3,438 3,438 335 335 8 59 91 3,624 1 -  3,783   395 242     637 8,193
  1999 3,751 3,751 164 164 21 32 135 3,417 -  -  3,605   357 293     650 8,170
  2000 3,606 3,606 96 96 24 40 186 4,131 2 -  4,383   314 235     549 8,634
  2001 3,594 3,594 166 166 18 57 229 4,733 -  -  5,037   399 291     690 9,487
  2002 2,976 2,976 152 152 13 63 32 4,448 6 -  4,562   264 225 1   490 8,180
  2003 2,836 2,836 158 158 20 107 52 7,685 4 -  7,868   363 210     573 11,435
  2004 2,977 2,977 226 226 14 93 36 6,672 9 -  6,824   283 188 5   476 10,503
  2005 2,506 2,506 303 303 8 65 48 7,630 16 -  7,767   337 187     524 11,100
  2006 2,414 2,414 217 217 12 15 30 5,729 -  -  5,786   409 160     569 8,986
  2007 2,016 2,016 120 120 3 17 20 5,117 -  -  5,157 1 262 127     390 7,683
  2008 2,096 2,096 219 219 10 16 15 5,477 1 -  5,519 1 349 198     548 8,382
  2009 1,840 1,840 224 224 9 12 9 4,638 1 -  4,669 1 360 15     376 7,109
  2010 2,457 2,457 257 257 5 27 15 4,959 1 -  5,007 2 306 148     456 8,177
  2011 2,211 2,211 684 684 3 18 17 4,625 9 2 4,674 2 373 199     574 8,143
  2012 1,839 1,839 587 587 6 13 16 4,097 -  12 4,144 2 298 141     441 7,011
  2013 1,985 1,985 963 963 2 6 16 4,607 -  9 4,640 3 406 137     546 8,134
  2014* 1,752 1,752 801 801 2 6 16 4,861 -  7 4,892 4 535 159     698 8,143
Discards 2010                               1 1 1
  2011                               6 6 6
  2013                   5 5             5