Table 1. Sampling localities for 774 swordfish subdivided into three stocks (North Atlantic, Mediterranean, South Atlantic) by ICATT management boundaries of 5°N and Strait of Gibraltar.

Population	Sample Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Sampling Date(s)	n
North Atlantic
1	Gulf of Mexico	26-28N	86-93W	06/06-07/06, 06/07	52
2	Florida	21-32N	78-85W	1/93-8/93	49
3	Northeast US	35-42N	67-74W	8/90-11/90, 1/91-3/91	42
4	Lesser Antilles	12-20N	49-64W	10/92-2/93, 2/94, 1/95	48
5	East of Flemish Cap	43-47N	37-41W	9/04-11/04	17
6	Central North Atlantic	32-47N	37-43W	11/91, 12/95, 9/04-11/04	20
7	Iberian	35-40N	10-25W	11/91, 12/92, 3/93-3/93, 12/95-4/96	51
8	Strait of Gibraltar	33-35N	5-10W	8/92, 6/93-9/93, 5/96-11/96	83
10	Morocco	30-33N	12-15W	4/93-5/93, 10/96-11/96, 6/02-8/02	20
11	Western Sahara	20-28N	12-20W	2/92, 5/92, 6/93, 12/95, 4/96, 7/96-11/96	37
12	Cape Verde	5N-17N	21-32W	8/04-12/04, 9/05-10/05	56
Mediterranean
9	West Mediterranean	35-39N	0-8E	5/92-7/92, 8/03-12/03	59
South Atlantic
13	Equatorial Brazil	1S-3N	23-35W	11/91, 3/00, 9/04	42
14	Gulf of Guinea	5N	4W	11/91, 7/98-8/98	45
15	Central South Atlantic	14-16S	10-17W	10/04-12/04	28
16	Brazil	15-23S	22-27W	3/96, 5/96, 4/01, 12/04	35
17	Brazil-Uruguay	27-37S	32-42W	8/95-10/95, 4/01, 6/03-7/03	44
18	Namibia	26-27S	10-11E	7/99-8/99	46