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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2018	NOAA (2018) United States Bycatch Initiatives. In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. La Jolla, California	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Deep-set buoy gear Fish not squid bait
2019	NOAA (2019) Leatherback Turtle - Endangered Species Act Listing Determination - East Pacific sub-population. In: IATTC - 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. San Diego, California	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2023	NOAA (2023) Biological and Conference Opinion on the Issuance of a Permit (Number 25686) to the NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center to conduct research on sea turtles. OPR-2021-03499. https://doi.org/10.25923/6K6Q-G771	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Safe handling & release Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2017	NOAA Fisheries (2017) Careful Catch and Release - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Safe handling & release
2017	NOAA Fisheries (2017) Removing Fishing Gear from Longline Caught Sea Turtles and Leatherbacks Aboard	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2004	NOAA Fisheries (2004) National Plan of Action for Reducing Seabird Bycatch in Longline Fisheries: Implementation in Atlantic Tuna, Swordfish, and Shark Longline Fisheries	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2005	NOAA Fisheries (2005) Seabird interaction avoidance methods and pelagic squid fishery management under the Fishery Management Plan for the pelagic fisheries of the western Pacific region	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2021	NOAA Fisheries (2021) 1. Seabird Handling Guidelines Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fisheries 2. Short-tailed Albatross (STAL) Handling, Hook Removal, and Release	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2010	NOAA Fisheries Service (2010) Reducing and Mitigating Interactions between Seabirds and Hawaii-Based Longline Fishing	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines
2016	NOAA Fisheries Service (2016) Population Assessments. In: Marine Mammal and Turtle Science. https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/marine-mammals-turtles/pop-assessments/index. Accessed 23 Nov 2016		Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2019	NOAA Fisheries Service (2019) Leatherbacks Aboard	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	NOAA Fisheries Service (2019) Removing Fishing Gear from Longline Caught Sea Turtles	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service (2020) Sea turtle handling and resuscitation requirements	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service (2020) Sea turtle gillnet placard	GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2017	NOAA Fisheries Service (2017) Prohibited shark identification - for the fisheries of the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays
2018	NOAA Fisheries Service (2018) Shark Identification and Federal Regulations for the Recreational Fishery of the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2015	NOAA Fisheries Service, Highly Mirgratory Species Management Division, Office of Sustainable Fisheries (2015) Electronic technology implementation plan - Highly Migratory Species	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2010	NOAA Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Region (2010) Identification, Handling, and Release of Protected Species	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Species Identification
2013	NOAA Fisheries Service PIRO (2013) Reducing and mitigation interactions between sea turtles and pelagic fishereis in the western Pacific - Handling, resuscitation and release of sea turtles	LL, PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2010	NOAA FSPRO (2010) NOAA False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service SRO (2020) Giant Manta Ray - Handling and Release Procedures	LL, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service SRO (2020) Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Handling and Release Procedures	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service SRO (2020) Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Handling and Release Procedures	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2015	NOAA Fisheries Service, Secretariat of the Pacific Community SSP, National Fisheries Authority PNG, WCPFC Secretariat AT project TC-S and B and the ROP (2015) Project Update on Deployment Plan for Whale Shark Post-Release Mortality Tags. WCPFC, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies
2019	NOAA Fisheries Service (2019) Careful Release Protocols for Sea Turtle Release with Minimal Injury. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-735. https://doi.org/10.25923/mr6j-e506	LL, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release

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