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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2023	Rosshagen F (2023) Making nets more acoustically visible. Masters Project, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors
2024	Rousseau Y, Blanchard JL, Novaglio C, et al (2024) A database of mapped global fishing activity 1950–2017. Sci Data 11:48. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02824-6	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2020	Rouxel Y (2020) The Looming Eyes Buoy. Birdlife - The Magazine July-September:44–45	GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Decoys
2023	Rouxel Y, Arnardóttir H, Oppel S (2023) Looming-eyes buoys fail to reduce seabird bycatch in the Icelandic lumpfish fishery: depth-based fishing restrictions are an alternative. Royal Society Open Science 10:230783. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230783	GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Decoys Deep / shallow setting Spatial & temporal measures
2021	Rouxel Y, Crawford R, Cleasby IR, et al (2021) Buoys with looming eyes deter seaducks and could potentially reduce seabird bycatch in gillnets. R Soc open sci 8:rsos.210225, 210225. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210225	GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Decoys
2021	Rowley K (2021) Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus Oxyrinchus). NOAA NCRL subject guide 2021-09. https://doi.org/10.25923/GR9X-VV55	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2023	Royer S-J, Corniuk RN, McWhirter A, et al (2023) Large floating abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is frequent marine pollution in the Hawaiian Islands and Palmyra Atoll. Marine Pollution Bulletin 196:115585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115585	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2023	Sabarros PS, Moussy F, Mollier E (2023) Identification guide for species caught in pelagic tropical fisheries. In: IOTC - 19th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF01, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion, France	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2022	Sabarros PS, Moussy F, Mollier E (2022) Guide d’identification des espèces capturées dans les pêcheries tropicales. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-INF17, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2021	SAC (2021) Ecosystem considerations. In: IATTC - 12th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-12-12, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning
2021	Sacchi J (2021) Overview of mitigation measures to reduce the incidental catch of vulnerable species in fisheries. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Studies and Reviews No. 100. FAO, Rome	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Artificial bait Chemical deterrents or attractants Circle hooks Decoys Depredation Mitigation Device Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Hook Shielding Devices Illumination of gillnets Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Vessel-specific management Weak Hooks Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2020	Santos CC, Domingo A, Carlson J, et al (2020) Updates on the habitat use and migrations of shortfin mako in the Atlantic using satellite telemetry. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:235–246	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Tagging Studies
2020	Savoca MS, Brodie S, Welch H, et al (2020) Comprehensive bycatch assessment in US fisheries for prioritizing management. Nature Sustainability 3:472–480. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0506-9	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2018	Scales KL, Hazen EL, Jacox MG, et al (2018) Fisheries bycatch risk to marine megafauna is intensified in Lagrangian coherent structures. PNAS 115:7362–7367. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801270115	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures
2014	Scales KL, Miller PI, Hawkes LA, et al (2014) On the Front Line: frontal zones as priority at‐sea conservation areas for mobile marine vertebrates. J Appl Eco 51:1575–1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12330	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures
2021	Schiller LL (2021) On the influence of private stakeholders in the governance of international tuna fisheries. PhD Thesis, Dalhousie University	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
2021	Senko JF, Nalovic MA (2021) 16 - Addressing Sea Turtle Bycatch in Developing Countries: A Global Challenge That Requires Adaptive Solutions for the 21st Century. In: Nahill B (ed) Sea Turtle Research and Conservation. Academic Press, pp 151–165	GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Illumination of gillnets Lightsticks / light attractors Sub-surface gillnets Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
2022	Senko JF, Peckham SH, Aguilar-Ramirez D, Wang JH (2022) Net illumination reduces fisheries bycatch, maintains catch value, and increases operational efficiency. Current Biology 32:911-918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.050	GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Illumination of gillnets
2014	Senko J, Mancini A, Seminoff JA, Koch V (2014) Bycatch and directed harvest drive high green turtle mortality at Baja California Sur, Mexico. Biological Conservation 169:24–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.017	GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2014	Senko J, White ER, Heppell SS, Gerber LR (2014) Comparing bycatch mitigation strategies for vulnerable marine megafauna. Anim Conserv 17:5–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12051	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2020	Seonghun K, Pyungkwan K, Seongjae J, Kyounghoon L (2020) Assessment of the physical characteristics and fishing performance of gillnets using biodegradable resin (PBS/PBAT and PBSAT) to reduce ghost fishing. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30:1868–1884. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3354	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear
2018	Sepulveda CA, Aalbers SA, Heberer C, et al (2018) Movements and behaviors of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the United States Pacific Leatherback Conservation Area. Fisheries Oceanography 27:381–394. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12261	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures
2019	Sequeira AMM, Hays GC, Sims DW, et al (2019) Overhauling Ocean Spatial Planning to Improve Marine Megafauna Conservation. Front Mar Sci 6:639. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00639	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Tagging Studies
2022	Seret B, Coelho R, Bach P, et al (2022) Biological information for most commonly shark species caught in tuna fisheries. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-13, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2015	Shahid U, Khan MM, Nawaz R, et al (2015) An update on the assessment of sea turtle bycatch in tuna gillnet fisheries of Pakistan (Arabian Sea). Olhao, Portugal	GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates

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