Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for albacore.                                                        
“0”; Fishing effort was reported but no catch. “+”; Bellow 499kg catch. “-“; Unreported catch or catch information not available.                                                                       
Catch disposition Year CAN JPN KOR MEX TWN USA Total  
Troll CAN Total Set-net Drift gill-net Longline Pole and line Troll Others Purse seine JPN Total Longline KOR Total Others Purse seine   MEX Total   Set-net Gill-net
 (not specified)
Longline Others Purse seine TWN Total Drift gill-net Handline Longline Pole and line Troll Others Purse seine Sport USA Total
Retain catch 1936                                                       442       442 442  
  1937                                                       1,681       1,681 1,681  
  1938                                                       8,594       8,594 8,594  
  1939 1,290 1,290                                                   8,586       8,586 9,876  
  1940 20 20                                                   6,603       6,603 6,623  
  1941 350 350                                                   5,412       5,412 5,762  
  1942                                                       10,678       10,678 10,678  
  1943 130 130                                                   17,071       17,071 17,201  
  1944 2,100 2,100                                                   23,957       23,957 26,057  
  1945 6,480 6,480                                                   17,886       17,886 24,366  
  1946 1,960 1,960                                                   10,955       10,955 12,915  
  1947 360 360                                                   12,235       12,235 12,595  
  1948 9,840 9,840                                               45   22,457       22,502 32,342  
  1949 10,120 10,120                                               33   24,901       24,934 35,054  
  1950 9,610 9,610                                               27   32,746       32,773 42,383  
  1951 860 860                                               24   15,629       15,653 16,513  
  1952 710 710 55 - 26,687 41,787 - 237 154 68,920     - -   -                   46   23,843     1,373 25,262 94,892  
  1953 50 50 88 - 27,777 32,921 - 132 38 60,956     - -   -                   23   15,740     171 15,934 76,940  
  1954     6 - 20,958 28,069 - 38 23 49,094     - -   -                   13   12,246     147 12,406 61,500  
  1955     28 - 16,277 24,236 - 136 8 40,685     - -   -                   9   13,264     577 13,850 54,535  
  1956 170 170 23 - 14,341 42,810 - 57 - 57,231     - -   -                   6   18,751     482 19,239 76,640  
  1957 80 80 13 - 21,053 49,500 - 151 83 70,800     - -   -                   4   21,165     304 21,473 92,353  
  1958 740 740 38 - 18,432 22,175 - 124 8 40,777     - -   -                   7   14,855     48 14,910 56,427  
  1959 2,120 2,120 48 - 15,802 14,252 - 67 - 30,169     - -   -                   5   20,990     + 20,995 53,284  
  1960 50 50 23 - 17,369 25,156 - 76 - 42,624     - -   -                   4   20,100     557 20,661 63,335  
  1961 40 40 111 - 17,437 18,639 - 268 7 36,462     39 2   41                   5 2,837 12,055 1   1,355 16,253 52,796  
  1962 10 10 20 - 15,764 8,729 - 191 53 24,757     0 0   0                   7 1,085 19,752 1   1,681 22,526 47,293  
  1963 50 50 4 - 13,464 26,420 - 218 59 40,165     0 31   31                   7 2,432 25,140     1,161 28,740 68,986  
  1964 30 30 50 - 15,458 23,858 - 319 128 39,813     - 0   -                   4 3,411 18,388     824 22,627 62,470  
  1965 150 150 70 - 13,701 41,491 - 121 11 55,394     - 0   -                   3 417 16,542 1   731 17,694 73,238  
  1966 440 440 64 - 25,050 22,830 - 585 111 48,640     - 0   -                   8 1,600 15,333     588 17,529 66,609  
  1967 1,610 1,610 43 - 28,869 30,481 - 520 89 60,002     - -   -   - - 330 189   519     12 4,113 17,814     707 22,646 84,777  
  1968 10,280 10,280 58 - 23,961 16,597 - 1,109 267 41,992     - -   -   - - 216 283   499     11 4,906 20,434     951 26,302 79,073  
  1969 13,650 13,650 34 - 18,006 31,912 - 925 521 51,398     - 0   -   - - 65 423   488     14 2,996 18,827     358 22,195 87,731  
  1970 3,900 3,900 19 - 16,222 24,263 - 498 317 41,319     - 0   -   - - 34 59   93     9 4,416 21,032     822 26,279 71,591  
  1971 17,460 17,460 5 - 11,473 52,957 - 354 902 65,691 0 0 - 0   -   - - 20 52   72     11 2,071 20,526     1,175 23,783 107,006  
  1972 39,210 39,210 6 1 13,022 60,569 - 638 277 74,513 0 0 0 100   100   - - 187 -   187     8 3,750 23,600     637 27,995 142,005  
  1973 14,000 14,000 44 39 16,760 68,767 - 486 1,353 87,449 4 4 - 0   -   - - - -   -     14 2,236 15,653     84 17,987 119,440  
  1974 13,310 13,310 13 224 13,384 73,564 - 891 161 88,237 91 91 0 1   1   - - 486 -   486     9 4,777 20,178     94 25,058 127,183  
  1975 1,110 1,110 13 166 10,303 52,152 - 230 159 63,023 7,050 7,050 0 1   1   - - 1,240 -   1,240     33 3,243 18,932 10   640 22,858 95,282  
  1976 2,780 2,780 15 1,070 15,812 85,336 - 270 1,109 103,612 2,212 2,212 5 36   41   - - 686 -   686     23 2,700 15,905 4   713 19,345 128,676  
  1977 530 530 5 688 15,681 31,934 - 365 669 49,342 500 500 0 3   3   - - 572 -   572     37 1,497 9,969     537 12,040 62,987  
  1978 230 230 21 4,029 13,007 59,877 - 2,073 1,115 80,122 669 669 0 1   1   - - 6 -   6     54 950 16,613 15   810 18,442 99,470  
  1979 5,210 5,210 16 2,856 14,186 44,662 - 1,139 125 62,984 0 0 0 1   1   - - 81 -   81       303 6,781     74 7,158 75,434  
  1980 2,120 2,120 10 2,986 14,681 46,742 - 1,177 329 65,925 592 592 0 31   31   - 1 249 20   270       382 7,556     168 8,106 77,044  
  1981 2,000 2,000 8 10,348 17,878 27,426 - 699 252 56,611 0 0 0 8   8   1 - 143 12   156     25 748 12,637     195 13,605 72,380  
  1982 1,040 1,040 11 12,511 16,714 29,614 - 482 561 59,893 4,874 4,874 0 0   0   - - 38 9   47     105 425 6,609 21   257 7,417 73,271  
  1983 2,250 2,250 22 6,852 15,094 21,098 - 99 350 43,515 366 366 0 0   0   - - 8 1   9     6 607 9,359     87 10,059 56,199  
  1984 500 500 24 8,988 15,053 26,013 - 494 3,380 53,952 1,925 1,925 6 107   113   - 1 - -   1     2 1,030 9,304   3,728 1,427 15,491 71,982  
  1985 560 560 68 11,204 14,249 20,714 - 339 1,533 48,107 2,789 2,789 35 14   49   1 - - 2   3 2       6,422 118 26 1,176 7,744 59,252  
  1986 300 300 15 7,813 12,899 16,096 - 640 1,542 39,005 3,833 3,833 0 3   3   - - - -   - 3       4,713 66 47 196 5,025 48,166  
  1987 1,040 1,040 16 6,698 14,668 19,082 - 173 1,205 41,842 1,624 1,624 0 7   7   2 2,514 - -   2,516 5   150   2,772 139 1 74 3,141 50,170  
  1988 1,550 1,550 7 9,074 14,688 6,216 - 170 1,208 31,363 799 799 0 15   15   6 7,389 - -   7,395 15   307   4,221 76 17 64 4,700 45,822  
  1989 1,400 1,400 33 7,437 13,031 8,629 - 433 2,521 32,084 561 561 0 2   2   - 8,350 40 -   8,390 4   248   1,896 10 1 160 2,319 44,756  
  1990 3,020 3,020 5 6,064 15,785 8,532 - 248 1,995 32,629 29 29 0 2   2   - 16,701 4 39   16,744 29   177   2,733 20 71 24 3,054 55,478  
  1991 1,390 1,390 4 3,401 17,039 7,103 - 395 2,652 30,594 4 4 0 2   2   - 3,398 12 -   3,410 17   312   1,917 20   6 2,272 37,672  
  1992 3,630 3,630 12 2,721 19,042 13,888 - 1,522 4,104 41,289 1 1 0 10   10   - 7,866 - -   7,866     334   4,626 40   2 5,002 57,798  
  1993 4,940 4,940 3 287 29,933 12,797 - 897 2,889 46,806 2 2 0 11   11   - - 5 -   5     438   6,325 194   25 6,982 58,746  
  1994 1,998 1,998 11 263 29,565 26,389 - 823 2,026 59,077 2 2 0 6   6   - - 83 -   83 38   544   11,068 66   106 11,822 72,988  
  1995 1,761 1,761 28 282 29,050 20,981 856 78 1,177 52,452 13 13 0 5   5   - - 4,280 -   4,280 52   882   8,302 4   102 9,342 67,853  
  1996 3,321 3,321 43 116 32,440 20,272 815 127 581 54,394 157 157 0 21   21   - - 7,596 - - 7,596 83   1,185   17,150 10 11 88 18,527 84,016  
  1997 2,166 2,166 40 359 38,899 32,238 1,585 135 1,068 74,324 404 404 0 53   53   - - 9,456 - - 9,456 60   1,653   14,458 12 2 1,018 17,203 103,606  
  1998 4,177 4,177 41 206 35,755 22,926 1,190 104 1,554 61,776 225 225 0 8   8   - - 8,810 - - 8,810 80   1,120   14,577 15 33 1,208 17,033 92,029  
  1999 2,734 2,734 90 289 33,339 50,369 891 62 6,872 91,912 98 98 57 0   57   - - 8,393 - - 8,393 149   1,542   10,451 61 48 3,621 15,872 119,066  
  2000 4,531 4,531 136 67 29,995 21,550 645 86 2,408 54,887 15 15 33 70   103   - - 8,842 - - 8,842 55   940   9,834 24 4 1,798 12,655 81,033  
  2001 5,248 5,248 78 117 28,801 29,430 416 35 974 59,851 63 63 18 0   18   - 1 8,684 + - 8,685 94   1,295   11,543 39 51 1,635 14,657 88,522  
  2002 5,379 5,379 109 332 23,585 48,454 787 85 3,303 76,655 111 111 0 28   28   - - 7,965 - - 7,965 30   525   11,003 13 4 2,357 13,932 104,070  
  2003 6,847 6,847 69 126 20,907 36,114 922 85 627 58,850 146 146 0 29   29   - - 7,166 - - 7,166 16   524   14,246 8 44 2,214 17,052 90,090  
  2004 7,857 7,857 30 61 17,341 32,255 772 54 7,200 57,713 77 77 0 104   104   - - 4,988 - - 4,988 12   361   13,630 3 1 1,506 15,513 86,252  
  2005 4,829 4,829 97 154 20,465 16,133 665 234 850 38,598 419 419 0 0   0   - - 4,472 - - 4,472 20   296   8,654 1   1,719 10,690 59,008  
  2006 5,833 5,833 55 221 21,168 15,400 460 42 364 37,710 134 134 0 109   109   - - 4,317 - - 4,317 3   270   12,642 +   385 13,300 61,403  
  2007 6,040 6,040 30 226 22,381 37,768 519 44 5,682 66,650 136 136 0 40   40   - + 2,916 - - 2,916 4 94 250   11,911 + 77 461 12,797 88,579  
  2008 5,464 5,464 101 1,531 19,092 19,060 549 34 825 41,192 400 400 - 10   10   - - 3,069 - - 3,069 1 28 354   11,762 +   418 12,563 62,698  
  2009 5,693 5,693 33 149 21,995 31,172 410 43 2,076 55,878 95 95 - 17   17   - - 2,378 - - 2,378 4 97 203   12,343 + 31 944 13,622 77,683  
  2010 6,527 6,527 42 24 21,167 19,561 588 37 330 41,749 107 107 - 25   25   + - 2,818 - - 2,818 5 53 421   11,691 0   862 13,032 64,258  
  2011 5,385 5,385 50 12 20,956 25,704 443 78 480 47,723 78 78 - 0   -   + 1 3,434 2 0 3,437 5 84 708   10,147 0   421 11,365 67,988  
  2012 2,484 2,484 48 26 22,828 33,742 610 129 4,193 61,576 156 156 - 0   -   2 2 2,643 - - 2,647 8 253 660   14,152 2 5 1,212 16,292 83,155  
  2013 5,088 5,088 36 14 19,839 33,568 302 211 1,988 55,958 173 173   0   0   1 + 4,427 - - 4,428 5 46 317   12,312 0   839 13,519 79,166  
  2014 4,780 4,780 24 11 19,970 29,433 197 197 2,009 51,841 116 116   0   0   1 1 2,617 + - 2,619 + 49 208   13,372     1,045 14,674 74,030  
  2015 4,334 4,334 24 11 16,237 21,216 197 197 2,009 39,890 38 38   - * 1 - * 1 (1) (1) (3,020) + - (3,022) 1 62 243   11,573 7   924 12,810 (60,094) * 2
Retain catch total 299,256 299,256 2,386 110,054 1,266,785 1,943,629 13,819 22,906 80,864 3,440,442 31,088 31,088 193 913   1,106   (15) (46,226) (116,796) (1,091) - (164,128) 800 766 17,120 52,932 1,037,232 1,001 4,202 46,345 1,185,338 (5,121,358) * 2
Release 2013 1 1             1  
2014 7 7                                                             7  
  2015 14 14                                                             14  
Release total 22 22                                                             21  
Total 299,278 299,278 2,386 110,054 1,266,785 1,943,629 13,819 22,906 80,864 3,440,442 31,088 31,088 193 913   1,106   (15) (46,226) (116,796) (1,091) - (164,128) 800 766 17,120 52,932 1,037,232 1,001 4,202 46,345 1,185,338 (5,121,379) * 2
Numbers in paranthesus are provisional.
1) Mexico did not submit 2015 catch data to ISC16.
2) Total catch does not include Mexican 2015 catch