Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for blue marlin.                                  
“0”; Fishing effort was reported but no catch. “+”; Bellow 499kg catch. “-“; Unreported catch or catch information not available.                                                 
Catch disposition Year JPN KOR MEX TWN USA Total
Longline JPN
Total
Longline Purse seine KOR
Total
Sport MEX
Total
Set-net Gill-net
(not specified)
Harpoon Longline Others Purse seine TWN
Total
Handline Longline Troll Others Purse seine USA
Total
Retain catch 1953                     0     0             -
  1954                     0     0             -
  1955                     0     0             -
  1956                     0     0             -
  1957                     0     0             -
  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               0 0 317 898 167   1,382             1,382
  1968               0 30 649 1,433 120   2,232             2,232
  1969               0 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     0 13 473 1,331 118   1,935             7,396
  1972 6,772 6,772 0   0     0 14 490 1,205 50   1,759             8,531
  1973 6,453 6,453 0   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     0 3 421 2,638 207   3,269             7,643
  1976 5,018 5,018 0   0     0 9 511 1,315 162   1,997             7,015
  1977 4,780 4,780 0   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     0 35 444 1,185 170   1,834             7,602
  1981 5,518 5,518 0   0     0 35 313 1,840 69   2,257             7,775
  1982 6,051 6,051 351   351     0 7 306 2,139 120   2,572             8,974
  1983 4,796 4,796 82   82     0 26 741 2,122 127   3,016             7,894
  1984 6,248 6,248 155   155     0 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 0 3,665   467 409     876 7,811
  1997 3,697 3,697 145   145 - - 5 48 194 3,683 0 0 3,930   487 378     865 8,637
  1998 3,438 3,438 335   335 - - 8 59 91 3,624 1 0 3,783   395 242     637 8,193
  1999 3,751 3,751 164   164 - - 21 32 135 3,417 0 0 3,605   357 293     650 8,170
  2000 3,606 3,606 96   96 - - 24 40 186 4,131 2 0 4,383   314 235     549 8,634
  2001 3,594 3,594 166   166 - - 18 57 229 4,733 0 0 5,037   399 291     690 9,487
  2002 2,976 2,976 152   152 - - 13 63 32 4,448 6 0 4,562   264 225 1   490 8,180
  2003 2,836 2,836 158   158 - - 20 107 52 7,685 4 0 7,868   363 210     573 11,435
  2004 2,977 2,977 226   226 - - 14 93 36 6,672 9 0 6,824   283 188 5   476 10,503
  2005 2,506 2,506 303   303 - - 8 65 48 7,630 16 0 7,767   337 187     524 11,100
  2006 2,414 2,414 217   217 - - 12 15 30 5,729 0 0 5,786   409 160     569 8,986
  2007 2,016 2,016 120   120 - - 3 17 20 5,117 0 0 5,157 1 262 127     390 7,683
  2008 2,096 2,096 219   219 - - 10 16 15 5,477 1 0 5,519 1 349 198     548 8,382
  2009 1,840 1,840 224   224 - - 9 12 9 4,638 1 0 4,669 1 360 15     376 7,109
  2010 2,457 2,457 257   257 - - 5 27 15 4,959 1 0 5,007 2 306 148     456 8,177
  2011 2,343 2,343 684   684 - - 3 18 17 4,625 9 2 4,674 2 373 199     574 8,275
  2012 2,019 2,019 587   587 - - 6 13 16 4,097 + 12 4,144 2 298 141     441 7,191
  2013 2,179 2,179 963   963 - - 2 6 16 4,607 + 9 4,640 3 406 137     546 8,328
  2014 1,903 1,903 801   801 - - 4 11 124 4,861 5 7 5,012 4 535 159   1 699 8,415
  2015 1,622 1,622 531   531 - - 3 14 177 4,306 + 3 4,503 3 631 196   0 830 7,486
  2016 1,581 1,581 1,116 0 1,116 - - 3 23 158 3,398 3 4 3,589 2 554 161     717 7,003  
  2017 1,405 1,405 1,453   1,453     0 7 138 3,977 + 6 4,128 4 687 155   3 849 7,835
  2018 (1,255) (1,255) 1,336   1,336     (0) (7) (138) (3,501) (+) (10) 3,656 3 663 164   2 832 7,079
Retain catch total (192,146) (192,146) 8,837 0 11,626 - - (368) (1,460) (16,866) (169,398) (3,602) (37) (199,515) 21 10,951 7,342 6   20,003 (423,290)
Release 2010                                     1 1 1
  2011                                     6 6 6
  2012                                         0
  2013                         5 5             5
  2014                                         0
  2015                         3 3             3
  2016       1 1               4 4             5
  2017                         6 6             6
  2018     1 1 2               6 6             8
Release total     1 2 3               24 18         7 7 26
Total (192,146) (192,146) 8,838 2 11,629 - - (368) (1,460) (16,866) (169,398) (3,602) (61) (199,533) 21 10,951 7,342 6 7 20,010 (423,316)
Numbers in paranthesus are provisional.