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	6,241	662	662	222		-	222		6	4	42	2,844	-	-	2,896	62	37	3	1,676			18			1,796	11,817
	2011	2	193	4,019	12	233	4,460	962	962	-		-	-		8	17	52	3,577	1	+	3,655	119	24	5	1,623			90			1,861	10,938
	2012	8	371	4,026	63	288	4,755	856	856	-			-		3	15	30	3,746	+	-	3,794	118	5	6	1,395		1	1			1,526	10,931
	2013	13	290	4,240	168	291	5,002	1,071	1,071	-			-		2	8	0	2,846	1	-	2,857	95	6	6	1,270		1	7			1,385	10,315
	2014	(7)	(269)	(4,368)	(2)	(291)	(4,936)	829	829	-			-		4	4	0	2,817	+	+	2,825	124	5	7	1,665		1	+			(1,802)	(10,392)
	2015	(7)	(269)	(4,955)	(2)	(291)	(5,524)	776	776	-	*1		-	* 1	(4)	(4)	(0)	(3,199)	+	-	(3,207)	66	5	5	1,515		1	1		+	(1,593)	(11,100)	* 2
Retain catch total		(0,934)	(43,756)	#######	(41,085)	(6,323)	(668,057)	11,174	11,174	3,430	*2	-	3,430	* 2	(312)	(214)	(3,545)	(96,162)	(911)	(0)	(101,144)	28,656	8,548	153	69,064	56	14	1,042	27	+	(107,560)	(891,365)	* 2
Release	2010																												0		0	0
	2011																												0		0	0
Release total																													0		0	0
Total		(0,934)	(43,756)	#######	(41,085)	(6,323)	(668,057)	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	(891,365)	* 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