| Number |
Location |
Date |
Sex |
Length |
Disposition |
|---|
| 1 |
Oahu, Hawaii
U.S. |
15 Nov 76 |
M |
446 cm TL |
Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| 2 |
Catalina Island, California
U.S. |
29 Nov 84 |
M |
449 cm TL |
Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California) |
| 3 |
Mandurah
Australia |
18 Aug 88 |
M |
515 cm TL |
Western Australia Museum |
| 4 |
Hamamatsu City
Japan |
23 Jan 89 |
M |
400+ cm TL |
Discarded |
| 5 |
Suruga Bay
Japan |
June 89 |
? |
490 cm TL |
Released alive |
| 6 |
Dana Point, California
U.S. |
21 Oct 90 |
M |
494 cm TL |
Tracked |
| 7 |
Hakata Bay
Japan |
29 Nov 94 |
F |
471 cm TL |
Marine World (Fukuoka, Japan) |
| 8 |
Dakar
Senegal |
4 May 95 |
? |
180 (?) cm TL |
Discarded |
| 9 |
Southern Brazil |
18 Sept 95 |
M |
190 cm TL |
Instituto de Pesca (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| 10 |
Toba
Japan |
1 May 97 |
F |
500+ cm TL |
Toba Aquarium |
| 11 |
Cagayan de Oro
Philippines |
21 Feb 98 |
M |
ca. 549 cm TL |
Consumed |
| 12 |
Atawa, Mie
Japan |
23 April, 98 |
F |
549 cm TL |
Discarded |
| 13 |
Manado, North Sulawesi
Indonesia |
30 August 98 |
? |
ca. 5 m |
Swam away |
| 14 |
30 mi. W of San Diego, California
U.S. |
1 October 99 |
F |
17 ft. |
Released |
| 15 |
42 mi. NW of San Diego, California
U.S. |
19 Oct 01 |
M |
18 ft. |
Released |
| 16 |
East Indian Ocean (Lat. 02° 17.9' S Long. 088º 12.7' E) |
18 Jan 02 |
M |
235 cm |
Discarded |
| 17 |
Natures Valley near Plettenberg Bay, approximately 400 km east of Cape Town
South Africa |
20 Apr 02 |
F |
350 cm |
Port Elizabeth Museum |
| 18 |
Cagayan de Oro City
Philippines |
06 Jan 03 |
? |
497 cm |
Consumed |
| 19 (Unconfirmed) |
Dana Point, California
U.S. |
26 May 03 |
? |
610-760 cm |
Released |
| 20 |
Hualien Province
Taiwan |
03 Jul 2003 |
M |
~250 cm |
Consumed |
| 21 |
Omaezaki, Sizuoka
Japan |
7 Aug 03 |
M |
430 cm |
Tokai University (taxidermy) |
| 22 |
Posorja Port, Guayas
Ecuador |
8 Mar 04 |
M |
420 cm |
Sent to market |
| 23 |
Gapang Beach
northern tip of Sumatra
Indonesia |
13 Mar 04 |
M |
177 cm |
Frozen (pending) |
| 24 |
Tokyo Bay, Ikhihara City
Japan |
19 Apr 04 |
F |
563 cm |
Washed ashore dead |
| 25 |
Off Ajiro, Shizuoka
Japan |
23 Apr 04 |
F |
ca. 490 cm |
Discarded |
| 26 |
Barangay Namocon, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Philippines |
04 Nov 04 |
? |
504 cm |
Stranded on beach |
| 27 |
Off Nishiki Kisei - cha Mie
Japan |
23 Jan 05 |
F |
528 cm |
Frozen (pending), Toba Aquarium |
| 28 |
Cagayan de Oro
Philippines |
30 Jan 05 |
F? |
417 cm |
Caught by fisherman, buried |
| 29 |
Hualieng
Eastern Taiwan |
~25 Apr 05 |
? |
? cm |
Caught by fishermen, weighed 580 kg, sold for consumption |
| 30 |
Hualieng
Eastern Taiwan |
02 May 05 |
? |
? cm |
Caught by fishermen, weighed 580 kg, sold for consumption |
| 31 |
Hualieng
Eastern Taiwan |
04 May 05 |
F |
709 cm? |
Weighed 689 kilograms, Dissection at Taipei Zoo/Academia Sinica |
| 32 |
Hualieng
Eastern Taiwan |
05 May 05 |
F |
? cm |
Weighed 807 kilograms, Dissection at Taipei Zoo/Academia Sinica |
| 33 |
Hualieng
Eastern Taiwan |
05 June 05 |
? |
? cm |
Weighed between 400-500 kilograms |
| 34 |
Bayawan City
Southern Oriental Negros
Phillippines |
26 Jan 06 |
F |
500 cm |
Accidental capture by fishermen.
Died before it could be set free. |
| 35 |
Barra, Macabalan,
Cagayan de Oro City
Philippines |
12 March 06 |
F |
226 cm |
Accidental gill net capture by fishermen.
Died before it could be set free. |
| 36 |
China Sea |
23 May 06 |
? |
470 cm |
? |
| 37 |
Sagami Bay,
Yugawara
(Kanagawa prefecture)
Japan |
2 May 06 |
F |
570 cm |
Found alive in a fixed shore net. A camera crew shot a film of it. Then it was pulled up but it was already dead. This specimen is to be put on display at Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park, located in Kanagawa, Japan. |
| 38 |
Tortugas Bay
west coast of Baja California
México |
16 Nov 06 |
F |
214.9 cm |
This megamouth was caught in a commercial shark gill net. This specimen is to be put on display at Regional Fisheries Center of Ensenada, located in Mexico. |
| 39 |
off Taiwan |
30 June 08 |
? |
? |
The only information on this megamouth capture is its weight (200 kg+)
and capture date. There is no data on length or sex, nor are there any photos. Information from Victor Lin,
pers. communication. |
| 40 |
off Eastern Taiwan |
10 July 08 |
? |
500-550 cm? |
This megamouth was reported to be 9 meters in length by the media, however it is more likely to have been 5-5.5 meters
in length judging from the photo taken of this specimen. It weighed 870 kg, information from Victor Lin, pers. communication. |
| 41 |
Philippines |
31 March 09 |
M |
400 cm? |
It was caught by fishermen. Weighing approximately 400-500 kg, the shark was
sold for human consumption. |
| 42 |
Taiwan |
8 June 09 |
? |
390 cm |
It was caught by fishermen from the eastern county of Taitung. Weighing 350 kg, the shark
was sold to a local shark museum where it will be preserved and displayed. |
