Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for swordfish.                                                          
“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  
Set-net Drift gill-net Longline Others Not specified JPN
Total
Longline KOR
Total
Others   Sport 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 Sport USA
Total
Retain catch 1951 78 10 7,246 4,246 98 11,678                                                 11,678  
  1952 68 - 8,890 2,721 12 11,691                                                 11,691  
  1953 21 - 10,796 1,484 107 12,408                     -     -                     12,408  
  1954 18 - 12,563 909 121 13,611                     -     -                     13,611  
  1955 37 - 13,064 850 160 14,111                     -     -                     14,111  
  1956 31 - 14,596 786 73 15,486                     -     -                     15,486  
  1957 18 - 14,268 895 70 15,251                     -     -                     15,251  
  1958 31 - 18,525 1,111 67 19,734                     -     -                     19,734  
  1959 31 - 17,236 956 44 18,267                     427     427                     18,694  
  1960 67 1 20,058 1,243 30 21,399                     520     520                     21,919  
  1961 15 2 19,715 1,386 30 21,148                     318     318                     21,466  
  1962 15 - 10,607 1,449 44 12,115                     494     494                     12,609  
  1963 17 - 10,322 845 59 11,243                     343     343                     11,586  
  1964 16 4 7,669 1,097 66 8,852                     358     358                     9,210  
  1965 14 0 8,742 2,027 208 10,991                     331     331                     11,322  
  1966 11 0 9,866 1,841 45 11,763                     489     489                     12,252  
  1967 12 0 10,883 1,075 38 12,008               - - 5 646 30   681                     12,689  
  1968 14 0 9,810 1,775 50 11,649               - 8 3 763 1   775                     12,424  
  1969 11 0 9,702 1,567 56 11,336               - 1 6 843 -   850                     12,186  
  1970 9 0 7,715 1,784 39 9,547               - 1 5 904 -   910   612   5           617 11,074  
  1971 37 1 7,369 491 48 7,946 0 0           - - 3 992 -   995   99   1           100 9,041  
  1972 1 55 7,316 293 22 7,687 0 0           - - 12 862 -   874   171               171 8,732  
  1973 23 720 7,564 131 29 8,467 0 0           - - 113 860 6   979   399               399 9,845  
  1974 16 1,304 6,523 336 29 8,208 0 0           - - 98 881 38   1,017   406               406 9,631  
  1975 18 2,672 7,659 223 60 10,632 0 0           - - 152 928 1   1,081   557               557 12,270  
  1976 14 3,488 8,786 372 182 12,842 0 0           - - 159 636 35   830   42               42 13,714  
  1977 7 2,344 9,255 247 73 11,926 0 0           - 2 139 578 -   719   318   17           335 12,980  
  1978 22 2,475 9,022 177 111 11,807 0 0           - 3 10 546 -   559   1,699   9           1,708 14,074  
  1979 15 983 9,627 226 49 10,900 0 0           - 5 24 668 4   701   329   7           336 11,937  
  1980 15 1,746 6,873 423 30 9,087 135 135           - 4 72 613 1   690 160 566   5           731 10,643  
  1981 9 1,848 7,789 181 61 9,888 0 0           - 3 18 658 4   683 473 271   3 2         749 11,320  
  1982 7 1,257 6,963 230 59 8,516 166 166           - 3 46 856 -   905 945 156   5 3 6 1     1,116 10,703  
  1983 9 1,033 8,708 210 32 9,992 47 47           - 3 164 783 -   950 1,693 58   5 2 3 1 1   1,763 12,752  
  1984 13 1,053 8,375 153 98 9,692 27 27           43 5 259 733 -   1,040 2,647 104   15 49     26   2,841 13,600  
  1985 10 1,133 10,368 210 69 11,790 12 12           3 29 166 566 61   825 2,990 305 4 2     104     3,405 16,032  
  1986 9 1,264 9,738 200 47 11,258 18 18           3 1 201 456 6   667 2,069 291 4 2     109     2,475 14,418  
  1987 11 1,051 10,370 128 45 11,605 50 50           - - 187 1,331 3   1,521 1,529 235 4 24     31     1,823 14,999  
  1988 8 1,234 9,304 186 19 10,751 27 27           - 1 80 777 183   1,041 1,376 198 6 24     64     1,668 13,487  
  1989 10 1,596 7,482 372 21 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 6,595 131 13 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 5,682 161 20 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 8,497 389 16 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 9,777 309 44 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 8,723 308 37 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 7,808 424 34 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 7,979 601 45 9,057 15 15     - -   10 2 19 710 1 - 742 761 81 5 2,848     15     3,710 13,524  
  1997 5 365 8,215 347 62 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 7,419 480 68 8,440 153 153     - -   15 9 17 1,198 - - 1,239 931 48 7 3,681     19     4,686 14,518  
  1999 5 724 6,604 418 47 7,798 131 131     - -   5 5 51 1,455 + - 1,516 606 81 9 4,329     27     5,052 14,497  
  2000 5 808 7,292 506 49 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 7,831 239 30 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 7,185 211 29 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 6,434 154 28 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 6,900 233 30 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 6,647 193 337 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 7,687 247 343 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 8,123 124 368 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 6,187 175 349 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 6,006 240 249 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 5,398 112 230 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 12 233 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 4,030 63 288 4,760 856 856 0   0 0   3 15 30 3,746 + 0 3,794 118 5 6 1,395   1 1     1,526 10,936    
  2013 13 290 4,610 168 291 5,372 1,071 1,071 0   0 0   2 8 0 2,846 1 0 2,857 95 6 6 1,270   1   7   1,385 10,685    
  2014 7 269 5,020 2 291 5,589 829 829 0   0 0   4 4 0 2,817 + + 2,825 127 6 7 1,665   1 0 4   1,811 11,053    
  2015 3 277 5,457 205 281 6,223 776 776 -   - -   4 4 0 3,199 0 0 3,207 99 5.3 5 1,516   1 1 13   1,640 11,846    
  2016 2 303 5,902 171 256 6,634 582 582 -   - -   2 3 + 2,054 1 0 2,060 174 26 4 1,092   0 11 42   1,348 10,624    
  2017 3 291 6,596 276 289 7,455 583 583 -   - -   + 3 0 2,197 + + 2,200 177 28 6 1,618   0 3 44   1,876 12,114    
  2018 (3) (291) (6,985) (276) (289) 7,844 708 708 -   - -   (+) (3) (0) (2,124) (+) (0) 2,127 145 10 3 1,053   1 1 69   1,282 11,960    
Retain catch total (932) (44,067) (583,391) (41,459) (6,569) 676,418 11,756 11,756 3,430   0 3,430   (314) (217) (3545) (98216) (912) (0) (103,204) 28,865 8,575 157 70,158 56 14 1,046 93 + (108,964) (903,772)    
Release 2010                                                       0   0 0  
  2011                                                       0   0 0  
  2018             + +                                             0  
Release total                                                       0   0 0  
Total (0,934) (43,756) (575,961) (41,085) (6,323) (676,418) 11,174 11,174 3,430   - 3,430   (312) (214) (3,545) (96,162) (911) (0) (101,144) 28,656 8,548 153 69,064 56 14 1,042 27 + 107,560 (903,772)  
Numbers in paranthesus are provisional.