Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for Blue shark.                                                                    
“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   MEX Total   Longline TWN Total Drift
gill-net
Longline Troll Others Sport USA Total
Retain catch 1985                               0     1   1 1  
  1986                               1     1   2 2  
  1987                               1     1   2 2  
  1988                               0     3   3 3  
  1989                                     6   6 6  
  1990                               0     20   20 20  
  1991                               0     1   1 1  
  1992                               1     1   2 2  
  1993                               0     0   0 0  
  1994 9 600 30,545 537 4 31,695                   0     12   12 20,074  
  1995 7 503 35,392 503 4 36,409                   0     5   5 18,432  
  1996 6 493 26,449 314 4 27,266                   0     0   0 21,251  
  1997 8 622 29,716 164 6 30,517                   0     0   0 26,105  
  1998 7 636 29,187 264 4 30,098                   0     1   1 23,989  
  1999 7 861 25,473 162 2 26,506                   0     0   0 26,541  
  2000 7 759 26,424 483 1 27,675                   0     0   0 27,511  
  2001 7 760 28,831 215 2 29,816       0   0             0   + 28,126  
  2002 6 768 23,464 315 1 24,554       0   0             0   + 26,345  
  2003 7 1,350 24,661 368 2 26,387       0   0       0     0   0 26,278  
  2004 7 1,202 24,037 258 3 25,507       0   0             0   + 22,470  
  2005 0 1,321 28,654 654 2 30,631       2,721   2,721             0   + 21,887  
  2006 5 1,204 24,549 615 2 26,375       2,765   2,765             0   + 19,063  
  2007 5 1,323 24,273 810 2 26,413       3,324   3,324       9 8   0   17 17,280  
  2008 0 944 18,704 875 1 20,524       4,355   4,355         7       7 25,311  
  2009 0 1,208 19,401 769 1 21,379       4,423   4,423   11,541 11,541 1 9   1   11 37,354  
  2010 4 962 22,718 833 1 24,518       4,469   4,469   7,670 7,670 0 7   0   7 36,664  
  2011 8 795 18,433 860 3 20,099       3,719   3,719   13,117 13,117   13 0   13 36,948  
  2012 2 1,120 12,494 762 3 14,380       4,108   4,108   10,606 10,606   16 0   16 29,705    
  2013 6 1,103 12,385 626 2 14,124   75 75 4,494   4,494   6,321 6,321   1 + 0   1 29,210    
  2014 4 1,060 12,691 598 2 14,354   100 100 5,502   5,502   8,151 8,151   0 0 + 0 31,070    
  2015 21 697 12,140 387 2 13,247   53 53 -   -   8,551 8,551   1 + 1 21,795    
  2016 26 1,832 7,487 226 2 9,574   0 0 -   -   8,563 8,563   + 0 + 0 18,137  
  2017 (26) (1832) (7,487) (226) (2) (9,574)   8 8 -   -   11,121 11,121   (1) + 1 (20,704)  
Retain catch total 186 23,957 525,597 11,823 59 561,622   236 236 39,880   39,880   85,641 85,641 13 61 0 55 0 129 (687,509)  
Release 2015               0 0                         0  
  2016     8 8                 8  
  2017     11 11                       11  
Release total               19 19                         8  
Total 186 23,957 525,597 11,823 59 561,622   255 255 39,880   39,880   (85641) (85641) 13 61 0 55.2 0 129 (687517)  
Parenthetic numbers are provisional.