Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for swordfish (Xiphias gladius).                                      
“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 MEX TWN USA Species Grand Total
Set-net Drift gill-net Longline Others JPN total Longline KOR total Others MEX total Set-net Gill-net (not specified) Harpoon Longline Others Purse seine TWN total Drift gill-net Harpoon Handline Longline Pole-and-line Troll Others Purse seine USA total
Retained 1951 78 10 7,246 4,344 11,678                                         11,678
  1952 68 -  8,890 2,733 11,691                                         11,691
  1953 21 -  10,796 1,591 12,408               -      -                    12,408
  1954 18 -  12,563 1,030 13,611               -      -                    13,611
  1955 37 -  13,064 1,010 14,111               -      -                    14,111
  1956 31 -  14,596 859 15,486               -      -                    15,486
  1957 18 -  14,268 965 15,251               -      -                    15,251
  1958 31 -  18,525 1,178 19,734               -      -                    19,734
  1959 31 -  17,236 1,000 18,267               427     427                   18,694
  1960 67 1 20,058 1,273 21,399               520     520                   21,919
  1961 15 2 19,715 1,416 21,148               318     318                   21,466
  1962 15 -  10,607 1,493 12,115               494     494                   12,609
  1963 17 -  10,322 904 11,243               343     343                   11,586
  1964 16 4 7,669 1,163 8,852               358     358                   9,210
  1965 14 0 8,742 2,235 10,991               331     331                   11,322
  1966 11 0 9,866 1,886 11,763               489     489                   12,252
  1967 12 0 10,883 1,113 12,008         -  -  5 646 30   681                   12,689
  1968 14 0 9,810 1,825 11,649         -  8 3 763 1   775                   12,424
  1969 11 0 9,702 1,623 11,336         -  1 6 843 -    850                   12,186
  1970 9 0 7,715 1,823 9,547         -  1 5 904 -    910   612   5         617 11,074
  1971 37 1 7,369 539 7,946 0 0     -  -  3 992 -    995   99   1         100 9,041
  1972 1 55 7,316 315 7,687 0 0     -  -  12 862 -    874   171             171 8,732
  1973 23 720 7,564 160 8,467 0 0     -  -  113 860 6   979   399             399 9,845
  1974 16 1,304 6,523 365 8,208 0 0     -  -  98 881 38   1,017   406             406 9,631
  1975 18 2,672 7,659 283 10,632 0 0     -  -  152 928 1   1,081   557             557 12,270
  1976 14 3,488 8,786 554 12,842 0 0     -  -  159 636 35   830   42             42 13,714
  1977 7 2,344 9,255 320 11,926 0 0     -  2 139 578 -    719   318   17         335 12,980
  1978 22 2,475 9,022 288 11,807 0 0     -  3 10 546 -    559   1,699   9         1,708 14,074
  1979 15 983 9,627 275 10,900 0 0     -  5 24 668 4   701   329   7         336 11,937
  1980 15 1,746 6,873 453 9,087 135 135     -  4 72 613 1   690 160 566   5         731 10,643
  1981 9 1,848 7,789 242 9,888 0 0     -  3 18 658 4   683 473 271   3 2       749 11,320
  1982 7 1,257 6,963 289 8,516 166 166     -  3 46 856 -    905 945 156   5 3 6 1   1,116 10,703
  1983 9 1,033 8,708 242 9,992 47 47     -  3 164 783 -    950 1,693 58   5 2 3 1 1 1,763 12,752
  1984 13 1,053 8,375 251 9,692 27 27     43 5 259 733 -    1,040 2,647 104   15 49     26 2,841 13,600
  1985 10 1,133 10,368 279 11,790 12 12     3 29 166 566 61   825 2,990 305 4 2     104   3,405 16,032
  1986 9 1,264 9,738 247 11,258 18 18     3 1 201 456 6   667 2,069 291 4 2     109   2,475 14,418
  1987 11 1,051 10,370 173 11,605 50 50     -  -  187 1,331 3   1,521 1,529 235 4 24     31   1,823 14,999
  1988 8 1,234 9,304 205 10,751 27 27     -  1 80 777 183   1,041 1,376 198 6 24     64   1,668 13,487
  1989 10 1,596 7,482 393 9,481 7 7     3 2 61 1,541 35   1,642 1,243 62 7 218     56   1,586 12,716
  1990 4 1,074 6,595 144 7,817 46 46   -  4 2 118 1,452 88   1,664 1,131 64 5 2,437     43   3,680 13,207
  1991 5 498 5,682 181 6,366 37 37   -  4 2 205 1,430 56   1,697 944 20 6 4,535     44   5,549 13,649
  1992 6 887 8,497 405 9,795 32 32   -  12 1 287 1,494 33   1,827 1,356 75 1 5,762     47   7,241 18,895
  1993 4 292 9,777 353 10,426 27 27   -  13 3 194 1,228 100   1,538 1,412 168 4 5,936     161   7,681 19,672
  1994 4 421 8,723 345 9,493 4 4   -  12 3 211 1,155 9   1,390 792 157 4 3,807     24   4,784 15,671
  1995 7 561 7,808 458 8,834 9 9   -  6 2 14 1,185 203   1,410 771 97 6 2,981     29   3,884 14,137
  1996 4 428 7,979 646 9,057 15 15   -  10 2 19 710 1 -  742 761 81 5 2,848     15   3,710 13,524
  1997 5 365 8,215 409 8,994 99 99   -  8 1 27 1,397 1 -  1,434 708 84 7 3,393     11   4,203 14,730
  1998 2 471 7,419 548 8,440 153 153   -  15 9 17 1,198 -  -  1,239 931 48 7 3,681     19   4,686 14,518
  1999 5 724 6,604 465 7,798 131 131   -  5 5 51 1,455 -  -  1,516 606 81 9 4,329     27   5,052 14,497
  2000 5 808 7,292 555 8,660 202 202 602 602 5 6 74 3,716 -  -  3,801 649 90   4,834     33   5,606 18,871
  2001 15 732 7,831 269 8,847 438 438 516 516 8 18 64 4,853 -  -  4,943 375 52   1,969     19   2,415 17,159
  2002 11 1,164 7,185 240 8,600 438 438 215 215 16 8 1 5,400 1 -  5,426 302 90   1,524     3   1,919 16,598
  2003 4 1,198 6,434 182 7,818 380 380 237 237 8 3 -  4,771 -  -  4,782 216 107 10 1,958     11   2,302 15,519
  2004 4 1,062 6,900 263 8,229 410 410 268 268 7 6 1 4,248 2 -  4,264 182 69 7 1,185     44   1,487 14,658
  2005 3 956 6,647 530 8,136 403 403 234 234 5 3 16 3,964 2 -  3,990 220 77 5 1,622     5   1,929 14,692
  2006 5 796 7,687 590 9,078 465 465 328 328 7 2 49 4,382 3 -  4,443 443 71 4 1,211     5   1,734 16,048
  2007 2 829 8,123 492 9,446 453 453 172 172 2 2 20 4,099 2 -  4,125 490 59 5 1,735   1     2,290 16,486
  2008 3 648 6,187 524 7,362 794 794 242 242 3 6 39 3,745 -  -  3,793 405 48 6 2,014     19   2,492 14,683
  2009 3 682 6,006 489 7,180 993 993 394 394 83 7 31 3,550 -  -  3,671 253 50 5 1,817   0 0   2,125 14,363
  2010 8 494 5,398 342 6,242 662 662 222 222 6 4 42 2,844 -  -  2,896 62 37 3 1,676     18   1,796 11,818
  2011 2 193 4,019 245 4,459 962 962 -  -  8 17 52 3,577 1 +  3,655 119 24 5 1,623     90   1,861 10,937
  2012 8 371 4,026 351 4,756 856 856 -  -  3 15 30 3,746 -  -  3,794 118 5 6 1,395   1 1   1,526 10,932
  2013 13 290 4,230 459 4,992 1,071 1,071 -  -  2 8 -  2,846 1 -  2,857 95 6 6 1,270   1 7   1,385 10,305
  2014* 13 290 5,407 459 6,169 829 829 -  -  2 8 -  3,177 1 +  3,188 71 5 7 1,663   1 18   1,765 11,951
Discards 2010                                               0 0 0
  2011                                               0 0 0