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 129 129                                               8,586       8,586 8,715
  1940 2 2                                               6,603       6,603 6,605
  1941 35 35                                               5,412       5,412 5,447
  1942                                                   10,678       10,678 10,678
  1943 13 13                                               17,071       17,071 17,084
  1944 210 210                                               23,957       23,957 24,167
  1945 648 648                                               17,886       17,886 18,534
  1946 196 196                                               10,955       10,955 11,151
  1947 36 36                                               12,235       12,235 12,271
  1948 984 984                                           45   22,457       22,502 23,486
  1949 1,012 1,012                                           33   24,901       24,934 25,946
  1950 961 961                                           27   32,746       32,773 33,734
  1951 86 86                                           24   15,629       15,653 15,739
  1952 71 71 55 - 26,687 41,787 - 237 154 68,920     - - -                 46   23,843     1,373 25,262 94,253
  1953 5 5 88 - 27,777 32,921 - 132 38 60,956     - - -                 23   15,740     171 15,934 76,895
  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     23 - 14,341 42,810 - 57 - 57,231     - - -                 6   18,751     482 19,239 76,470
  1957     13 - 21,053 49,500 - 151 83 70,800     - - -                 4   21,165     304 21,473 92,273
  1958 17 17 38 - 18,432 22,175 - 124 8 40,777     - - -                 7   14,855     48 14,910 55,704
  1959 8 8 48 - 15,802 14,252 - 67 - 30,169     - - -                 5   20,990     + 20,995 51,172
  1960 74 74 23 - 17,369 25,156 - 76 - 42,624     - - -                 4   20,100     557 20,661 63,359
  1961 212 212 111 - 17,437 18,639 - 268 7 36,462     39 2 41                 5 2,837 12,055 1   1,355 16,253 52,968
  1962 141 141 20 - 15,764 8,729 - 191 53 24,757     0 0 0                 7 1,085 19,752 1   1,681 22,526 47,424
  1963 4 4 4 - 13,464 26,420 - 218 59 40,165     0 31 31                 7 2,432 25,140     1,161 28,740 68,940
  1964 1 1 50 - 15,458 23,858 - 319 128 39,813     - 0 -                 4 3,411 18,388     824 22,627 62,441
  1965 5 5 70 - 13,701 41,491 - 121 11 55,394     - 0 -                 3 417 16,542 1   731 17,694 73,093
  1966 3 3 64 - 25,050 22,830 - 585 111 48,640     - 0 -                 8 1,600 15,333     588 17,529 66,172
  1967 15 15 43 - 28,869 30,481 - 520 89 60,002     - - - - - 330 189   519     12 4,113 17,814     707 22,646 83,182
  1968 44 44 58 - 23,961 16,597 - 1,109 267 41,992     - - - - - 216 283   499     11 4,906 20,434     951 26,302 68,837
  1969 161 161 34 - 18,006 31,912 - 925 521 51,398     - 0 - - - 65 423   488     14 2,996 18,827     358 22,195 74,242
  1970 1,028 1,028 19 - 16,222 24,263 - 498 317 41,319     - 0 - - - 34 59   93     9 4,416 21,032     822 26,279 68,719
  1971 1,365 1,365 5 - 11,473 52,957 - 354 902 65,691 0 0 - 0 - - - 20 52   72     11 2,071 20,526     1,175 23,783 90,911
  1972 390 390 6 1 13,022 60,569 - 638 277 74,513 0 0 0 100 100 - - 187 -   187     8 3,750 23,600     637 27,995 103,185
  1973 1,746 1,746 44 39 16,760 68,767 - 486 1,353 87,449 4 4 - 0 - - - - -   -     14 2,236 15,653     84 17,987 107,186
  1974 3,921 3,921 13 224 13,384 73,564 - 891 161 88,237 91 91 0 1 1 - - 486 -   486     9 4,777 20,178     94 25,058 117,794
  1975 1,400 1,400 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 95,572
  1976 1,331 1,331 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 19,345 127,227
  1977 111 111 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 62,568
  1978 278 278 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 99,518
  1979 53 53 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 70,277
  1980 23 23 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 74,947
  1981 521 521 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 70,901
  1982 212 212 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 72,443
  1983 200 200 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 54,149
  1984 104 104 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 71,586
  1985 225 225 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 58,917
  1986 50 50 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 47,916
  1987 56 56 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 49,186
  1988 30 30 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 44,302
  1989 104 104 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 43,460
  1990 155 155 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 52,613
  1991 140 140 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 36,422
  1992 302 302 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 54,470
  1993 139 139 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 53,945
  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 0 0 2 2 2,643 0 0 2,647 8 253 660   14,152 2   1,212 16,287 83,150
  2013 5,088 5,088 36 14 19,839 33,568 302 211 1,988 55,958 173 173   0 0 1 + 4,427 0 0 4,428 5 46 317   12,312 0   839 13,519 79,166
  2014 4,780 4,780 24 11 19,973 29,433 197 197 2,009 51,844 116 116   0 0 1 1 2,617 + 0 2,619 0 49 209   13,401     1,042 14,701 74,060
  2015 4,391 4,391 17 138 21,013 21,294 239 170 1,072 43,943 38 38   0 0 1 2 3,020 4 0 3,027 1 62 243   11,597 2   932 12,836 64,235
  2016 2,842 2,842 28 19 16,549 14,435 148 128 3,679 34,986 56 56   0 0 + + 3,406 0 0 3,406 1 24 248   10,778 0   675 11,727 53,017
  2017 1,831 1,831 48 40 17,309 20,891 107 119 1,250 39,764 202 202   0 0 0 5 4,333 0 0 4,338   35 95   7,430 14   372 7,946 54,081
  2018 2,717 2,717 0 0 13,248 17,600 100 2 3,000 33,950 101 101   0 0 (0) (5) (4514) (0) (0) 4,519   20 86   7,738     170 8,013 49,300
Retain catch total 128,880 128,880 2,455 110,240 1,318,670 1,996,633 14,216 23,128 87,856 3,553,198 31,447 31,447 193 913 1,106 15 46,237 129,049 1,095 0 176,396 800 845 17,549 52,932 1,088,171 1,010 4,197 47,566 1,213,071 5,104,098
Release 2013 1 1                                                         1
  2014 7 7                                                         7
  2015 14 14                                                         14
  2016 2 2                                                         2
  2017 2 2                                                         2
  2018 18 18                 + +                                     18
Release total 44 44                 + +                                     44
Total 128,924 128,924 2,455 110,240 1,318,670 1,996,633 14,216 23,128 87,856 3,553,198 31,447 31,447 193 913 1,106 (15) (46,226) (129,049) (1,091) - (176,396) 800 845 17,549 52,932 1,088,171 1,010 4,197 47,566 1,213,071 5,104,142