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	599	30,821	536	4		31,969										0			12		12	20,074
	1995	7	502	35,578	503	4		36,594										0			5		5	18,432
	1996	7	492	26,502	313	4		27,318										0			0		0	21,251
	1997	9	621	29,969	163	6		30,768										0			0		0	26,105
	1998	7	634	29,275	264	4		30,185										0			1		1	23,989
	1999	8	859	25,516	162	2		26,546										0			0		0	26,541
	2000	8	758	26,446	482	1		27,695										0			0		0	27,511
	2001	8	759	28,809	214	2		29,792				0		0							0		+	28,126
	2002	7	768	23,473	315	1		24,565				0		0							0		+	26,345
	2003	7	1,350	24,746	368	2		26,473				0		0				0			0		0	26,278
	2004	8	1,202	24,128	258	3		25,599				0		0							0		+	22,470
	2005	0	1,321	28,766	654	2		30,743				2,721		2,721							0		+	21,887
	2006	5	1,204	24,850	615	2		26,676				2,765		2,765							0		+	19,063
	2007	5	1,323	24,476	810	2		26,616				3,324		3,324				9	8		0		17	17,280
	2008	0	944	18,860	875	1		20,680				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	22,616	833	1		24,416				4,469		4,469		7,670	7,670	0	7		0		7	36,562
	2011	7	794	18,413	860	3		20,077				3,719		3,719		13,117	13,117		13		0		13	36,926
	2012	2	1,118	12,512	762	3		14,396				4,108		4,108		10,606	10,606		16		0		16	29,705
	2013	6	1,103	12,399	626	2		14,137		75	75	4,494		4,494		6,321	6,321		1	0	0		1	29,210
	2014	4	1,060	12,709	598	2		14,372		100	100	5,502		5,502		8,151	8,151		0	0	0	0	6	28,130
	2015	21	697	12,403	387	2		13,510		53	53					8,551	8,551			0	0	0	4	22,118
	2016	26	1,832	13,405	226	2		15,492								8,563	8,563		0	0	0	0	3	24,057
	2017	4	1,366	13,959	213	1		15,543		8	8					11,121	11,121			0	1	0	1	26,673
	2018	(4)	(1,366)	(13,959)	(213)	(1)		15,543		4	4					11,761	11,761			0	1	0	1	27,308
Retain catch total		172	24,842	553,991	12,017	60		591,082		240	240	39,880		39,880		97,402	97,402	13	61	0	55	0	141	(728,744)
Release	2015									0	0													0
	2016									8	8													8
	2017									11	11													11
	2018									58	58													58
Release total										77	77													8
Total		172	24,842	553,991	12,017	60		591,082		317	317	39,880		39,880		(97402)	(97402)	13	61	0	55	0	141	(728,752)