How many people have been killed by sword fish?

Answer 1

The answer is 1 based on the fact you used the word "a" meaning one. I assume however you refer to the total population of the Broadbill Swordfish which is popular for sport fishing and once feared endangered. The problem is that for most non-mammalian ocean species, direct population measurement is replaced by frequency of encounter (non commercial species) or fishing yields when deciding to declare a species endangered. For most ocean dwelling species it is technically impossible to count and track all individuals in all their territories -- or even approximate that in most cases. Except of course those species tied to the actual surface of the ocean such as airbreathing mammals and a few species that can only survive in the direct sunlight of the top few feet of the ocean surface. For all other species the problem is that the ocean is 3D, not a simple surface like land, which greatly increases the territory in which a species can be found. Further, the ocean is generally a hostile environment to humans in which we can not freely move about and observe. In fact the vast majority of the ocean is open to only handful of humans in submersibles for a few moments of each year. So actually a species merely needs to change its habits to cause a change in its assessed endangerment -- even though in actuallity there is no proof that the number existing has changed. If a species is no longer caught by fishers going to the traditional locations and using the traditional bait and means of catching them...well that fish species is now endangered. If a change in habits makes that species practically jump into a fisherman's net, lines or traps...well suddenly we assume the species has rebounded and is not endangered. However you may find a few expert specialists in a given species willing to make a WAG (Wild Ass Guess) as to "big number" (as in thousands, millions, billions) population based on a whole lot of assumptions. Such assumption might include size of territories and number of fish per volume or the assumptions might be based on spawning rates, availability of prey species, and time to grow versus success rates of commericial fisherman. But likely such experts would different in the details and still ultimately look back to rates at which fishermen harvest or destroy these species. Here is an example of how such WAGs are made & why you cannot put actual numbers on the swordfish population http://www.bigmarinefish.com/swordfish.html

Answer 2

the maximum length of one is 177 in. so the maximum weight of one is 1,400 pounds.

Answer 3

46