Table** Annual catch table in metric tons by countries and by fisheries for Pacific bluefin tuna.
“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   Longline1   Pole and line Troll2 Others Purse seine JPN Total Set-net Longline Purse seine Trawl Troll KOR Total 3   Others Purse seine   MEX Total   Set-net Gill-net
(not specified)
Drift
gill-net
Longline Others Purse seine TWN Total Drift
gill-net
Longline Pole and line Troll Hook and Line Others Purse seine Sport USA Total 6  
Retain catch 1952 2,145   2,694   2,198 667 1,700 7,680 17,084               - -   -                           2,076 2 2,078   19,162  
  1953 2,335   3,040   3,052 1,472 160 5,570 15,629               - -   -                           4,433 48 4,481   20,110  
  1954 5,579   3,088   3,044 1,656 266 5,366 18,999               - -   -                           9,537 11 9,548   28,547  
  1955 3,256   2,951   2,841 1,507 1,151 14,016 25,722               - -   -                           6,173 93 6,266   31,988  
  1956 4,170   2,672   4,060 1,763 385 20,979 34,029               - -   -                           5,727 388 6,115   40,144  
  1957 2,822   1,685   1,795 2,392 414 18,147 27,255               - -   -                           9,215 73 9,288   36,543  
  1958 1,187   818   2,337 1,497 215 8,586 14,640               - -   -                           13,934 10 13,944   28,584  
  1959 1,575   3,136   586 736 167 9,996 16,196               32 171   203                     56     3,506 13 3,575   19,974  
  1960 2,032   5,910   600 1,885 369 10,541 21,337               - -   -                     +     4,547 1 4,548   25,885  
  1961 2,710   6,364   662 3,193 599 9,124 22,652               - 130   130                     16     7,989 23 8,028   30,810  
  1962 2,545   5,769   747 1,683 293 10,657 21,694               - 294   294                     +     10,769 25 10,794   32,782  
  1963 2,797   6,077   1,256 2,542 294 9,786 22,752               - 412   412                     28     11,832 7 11,867   35,031  
  1964 1,475   3,140   1,037 2,784 1,884 8,973 19,293               - 131   131                     39     9,047 7 9,093   28,517  
  1965 2,121   2,569   831 1,963 1,106 11,496 20,086               - 289   289         54     54     11 + 66 6,523 1 6,601   27,030  
  1966 1,261   1,370   613 1,614 129 10,082 15,069               - 435   435         -     -     12     15,450 20 15,482   30,986  
  1967 2,603   878   1,210 3,273 302 6,462 14,728               - 371   371         53     53     +     5,517 32 5,549   20,701  
  1968 3,058   500   983 1,568 217 9,268 15,594               - 195   195         33     33     8     5,773 12 5,793   21,615  
  1969 2,187   878   721 2,219 195 3,236 9,436               - 260   260         23     23     9     6,657 15 6,681   16,400  
  1970 1,779   607   723 1,198 224 2,907 7,438               - 92   92         -     -     +     3,873 19 3,892   11,422  
  1971 1,555   697   938 1,492 317 3,721 8,720   0       0   - 555   555         1     1     +     7,804 8 7,812   17,088  
  1972 1,107   512   944 842 197 4,212 7,814   0       0   - 1,646   1,646         14     14     3   42 11,656 15 11,716   21,190  
  1973 2,351   838   526 2,108 636 2,266 8,725   0       0   - 1,084   1,084         33     33     5 + 20 9,639 54 9,718   19,560  
  1974 6,019   1,177   1,192 1,656 754 4,106 14,904   0       0   - 344   344         47 15   62     + + 30 5,243 58 5,331   20,641  
  1975 2,433   1,061   1,401 1,031 808 4,491 11,225   3       3   - 2,145   2,145         61 5   66     83   1 7,353 34 7,471   20,910  
  1976 2,996   320   1,082 830 1,237 2,148 8,613   5       5   - 1,968   1,968         17 2   19     22 + 3 8,652 21 8,698   19,303  
  1977 2,257   338   2,256 2,166 1,052 5,110 13,179   0       0   - 2,186   2,186         131 2   133     10   3 3,259 19 3,291   18,789  
  1978 2,546   648   1,154 4,517 2,276 10,427 21,568   3       3   - 545   545         66 2   68     4   2 4,663 5 4,674   26,858  
  1979 4,558   729   1,250 2,655 2,429 13,881 25,502   0       0   - 213   213         58 -   58     5   1 5,889 11 5,906   31,679  
  1980 2,521   811   1,392 1,531 1,953 11,327 19,535   0       0   - 582   582         114 5   119     +   24 2,327 7 2,358   22,594  
  1981 2,129   590   754 1,777 2,653 25,422 33,325   0       0   - 218   218         179 -   179 4   + 10 + 867 9 890   34,612  
  1982 1,667   718   1,777 864 1,709 19,234 25,969   0 31     31   - 506   506       2 207 -   209 9   1   + 2,639 11 2,660   29,375  
  1983 972   217   356 2,028 1,117 14,774 19,464   0 13     13   - 214   214       2 175 - 9 186 31   59   2 629 33 754   20,631  
  1984 2,234   142   587 1,874 868 4,433 10,138   1 4     5   - 166   166       - 477 8 5 490 6 1 5   18 673 49 752   11,551  
  1985 2,562   105   1,817 1,850 1,175 4,154 11,663   0 1     1   - 676   676       11 210 - 80 301 8       20 3,320 89 3,437   16,078  
  1986 2,914   102   1,086 1,467 719 7,412 13,700   0 344     344   - 189   189       13 70 - 16 99 16       41 4,851 12 4,920   19,252  
  1987 2,198   211   1,565 880 445 8,653 13,952   13 89     102   - 119   119       14 365 - 21 400 2       18 861 34 915   15,488  
  1988 843   157   907 1,124 498 3,605 7,134   0 32     32   1 447   448       37 108 25 197 367 4       46 923 6 979   8,960  
  1989 748   209   754 903 283 6,190 9,087   0 71     71   - 57   57       51 205 3 259 518 3       18 1,046 112 1,179   10,912  
  1990 716   309   536 1,250 455 2,989 6,255   0 132     132   - 50   50       299 189 16 149 653 11       81 1,380 65 1,537   8,627  
  1991 1,485   218   286 2,069 650 9,808 14,516   0 265     265   - 9   9       107 342 12 - 461 4 2     + 410 92 508   15,759  
  1992 1,208   513   166 915 1,081 7,162 11,045   0 288     288   - 0   0       3 464 5 73 545 9 38     14 1,928 110 2,099   13,977  
  1993 848   812   129 546 365 6,600 9,300   0 40     40   - -   -         471 3 1 475 32 42     29 580 283 966   10,781  
  1994 1,158   1,206   162 4,111 398 8,131 15,166   0 50     50   2 63   65         559 -   559 28 30     1 906 86 1,051   16,891  
  1995 1,859   678   270 4,778 586 18,909 27,080   0 821     821   - 11   11         335 2   337 20 29     + 657 245 951   29,200  
  1996 1,149   901   94 3,640 570 7,644 13,998   0 102     102   - 3,700   3,700   - -   956 - - 956 43 25   2 + 4,639 40 4,749   23,505  
  1997 803   1,300   34 2,740 811 13,152 18,840   0 1,054     1,054   - 367   367   - -   1,814 - - 1,814 58 26   1 48 2,240 131 2,504   24,579  
  1998 874   1,255   85 2,876 700 5,391 11,181   0 188     188   0 1   1   - -   1,910 - - 1,910 40 54   128 59 1,771 422 2,474   15,754  
  1999 1,097   1,157   35 3,440 709 16,173 22,611   0 256     256   35 2,369   2,404   - -   3,089 - - 3,089 22 54   20 88 184 408 776   29,136  
  2000 1,125   953   102 5,217 689 16,486 24,572   0 2,401 0   2,401   99 3,019   3,118   - 1   2,780 1 - 2,782 30 19   1 11 693 319 1,073   33,946  
  2001 1,366   791   180 3,466 782 7,620 14,205   0 1,176 10   1,186   - 863   863   - 2   1,839 2 - 1,843 35 6   6 1 292 344 684   18,781  
  2002 1,100   841   99 2,607 631 8,903 14,181   0 932 1   933   2 1,708   1,710   - 3   1,523 1 - 1,527 7 2   1 2 50 613 675   19,026  
  2003 839   1,237   44 2,060 446 5,768 10,394   0 2,601 0   2,601   43 3,211   3,254   - 10   1,863 11 - 1,884 14 1     3 22 355 395   18,528  
  2004 896   1,847   132 2,445 514 8,257 14,091   0 773 0   773   14 8,880   8,894   - 1   1,714 2 - 1,717 10 1     +   50 61   25,536  
  2005 2,182   1,925   549 3,633 548 12,817 21,654   0 1,318 9   1,327   - 4,542   4,542   1 -   1,368 1 - 1,370 5 1     1 201 73 281   29,174  
  2006 1,421   1,121   108 1,860 777 8,880 14,167   0 1,012 3   1,015   - 9,806   9,806   1 -   1,149 - - 1,150 1 1     +   94 96   26,234  
  2007 1,503   1,762   236 2,823 657 6,840 13,821   0 1,281 4   1,285   - 4,147   4,147   2 8   1,401 - - 1,411 2 +     + 42 12 56   20,720  
  2008 2,358   1,390   64 2,377 770 10,221 17,180   0 1,866 10   1,876   15 4,407   4,422   1 1   979 - - 981 1 +     +   63 64   24,523  
  2009 2,236   1,080   50 2,003 575 8,077 14,021   0 936 4   940   - 3,019   3,019   1 10   877 - - 888 3 1   0 2 410 156 572   19,440  
  2010 1,603   890   83 1,583 495 3,742 8,396   0 1,196 16   1,212   - 7,746   7,746   29 7   373 - - 409 1 0     0   88 89   17,852  
  2011 1,651   837   63 1,820 283 8,340 12,994   0 670 14 + 684   1 2,731   2,732   16 7   292 1 0 316 18 0   0 100   225 343   17,069  
  2012 1,932 673 113 570 343 2,462 6,093 0 1,421 2 1,423   1 6,668 6,669   2 0 210 2 - 214 4 0 0 38 400 442   14,841  
  2013 1,415 4 784 8 904 529 2,771 6,411 1 0 604 + + 605   3,154 3,154   2 1 331 0 0 334 7 1 0 3 809 820   11,324  
  2014 1,907 683 5 1,023 499 5,456 9,573 6 0 1,305 + 0 1,311   4,862 4,862   38 4 483 0 0 525 5 + 0 2 401 436 844   17,115  
  2015 1,242   618 8 413 432 3,645 6,357 1 0 676 + 0 677   3,082 3,082   25 1 552 0 0 578 4 + 26 0 68 382 481   11,174  
  2016 1,227 688 44 778 508 5,095 8,341 3 0 1,025 2 0 1,030   2,709 2,709   0 + 454 0 0 454 9 + 30 316 286 641   13,175  
  2017 2,255 (887) 5 86 603 665 4,540 9,035 3 0 734 6 0 743     3,643   3,643   (0) (+)   415 (0) 0 415 1 1     18   466 369 855   14,691  
Retain catch total 131,702 4 91,084 5 54,804 129,756 47,665 564,316 (1,019,327) 14 25 25,708 81 0 25,829   245 101,407   101,652   118 56 539 31,433 126 810 33,082 508 335 376 169 73 838 242,528 8,343 252,316   (1,433,061)  
Total 131,702   (91,084)   54,804 129,756 47,665 564,316 (1,019,327) 14 25 25,708 81 0 25,829   245 101,407   101,652   118 56 539 31,433 126 810 33,082 508 335 376 169 73 838 242,528 8,343 252,316   (1,433,061)  
Parenthetic numbers are provisional.
1) Japanese coastal longline and others catch data from 2007 to 2013 was revised as a result of deleting double counting and changing the data source (ISC15/STATWG/WP-4).
2) Japanese troll catch since 1998 includes catch from farming. 
3) Catch statistics of Korea were derived from Japanese Import statistics for 1982-1999.
4) Catch of set net in 2013 were updated based on the Japanese official statistics of annual catch.
5) Catch of Japanese coastal longline in 2017 is provisional value.
6) USA in 1952-1958 contains catch from other countries - primarily Mexico. Other includes catches from gillnet, troll, pole-and-line, and longline.