Table 3. Spatial variations in the number of individuals of giant (No. 1–5) and large (No. 6–22) fish species caught in Korean waters between 2011 and 2016

No.	Scientific name	Eastern sea	Southern sea	Western sea	Sum
1	Rhincodon typus	6	2	0	8
2	Regalecus russelii	1	1	0	2
3	Galeocerdo cuvier	0	1	0	1
4	Alopias vulpinus	5	3	5	13
5	Carcharodon carcharias	5	1	3	9
6	Sphyrna zygaena	4	4	6	14
7	Makaira mazara	6	1	0	7
8	Istiompax indica	3	2	0	5
9	Xiphias gladius	2	4	0	6
10	Isurus oxyrhinchus	17	11	3	31
11	Bathytoshia brevicaudata	4	2	3	9
12	Sphyrna lewini	0	4	0	4
13	Alopias pelagicus	1	1	0	2
14	Kajikia audax	5	1	0	6
15	Prionace glauca	10	1	1	12
16	Hemitrygon sinensis	8	0	0	8
17	Istiophorus platypterus	4	2	0	6
18	Masturus lanceolatus	12	4	0	16
19	Mola mola	52	12	11	75
20	Carcharhinus brachyurus	0	1	1	2
21	Mobula mobular	20	1	2	23
22	Lamna ditropis	14	3	0	17
	Sum	179	62	35	276