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References (scientific & technical literature) in the BMIS encompass seabird, sea turtle, shark & ray, & marine mammal bycatch mitigation & management in oceanic tuna & billfish fisheries (longline, purse seine & gillnet). Various formats, e.g., journal articles, meeting papers, infographics, illustrated handling & identification guides, factsheets, videos, books, brochures, etc are included.

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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2007	ACAP (2007) Report of the First Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Valdivia, Chile 17-18 June 2007. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Valdivia, Chile	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2017	Avery JD, Aagaard K, Burkhalter JC, Robinson OJ (2017) Seabird longline bycatch reduction devices increase target catch while reducing bycatch: A meta-analysis. Journal for Nature Conservation 38:37–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2017.05.004	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Economic Analysis Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2014	Bigelow K (2014) Seabird interaction rates in the Hawaii‐based shallow and deep‐set longline fisheries by vessel size as estimated from observer data (2004–2013). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC SC10-2014/EB-IP-10, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, p 15	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2007	Bull LS (2007) Reducing seabird bycatch in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 8:31–56. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2007.00234.x	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Dyed bait Gear configuration - other Light Cues - attractors & deterrents Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Sub-surface gillnets Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2019	CCSBT Secretariat (2019) Progress with the SMMTG Recommendations. In: The Thirteenth meeting of the Ecologically Related Species Working Group of the CCSBT (ERSWG13). CCSBT-ERS/1905/05 (Rev.1), Canberra, Australia	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques Review and Planning
2020	Chen C, Lin H-Z (2020) Comparison of Catch Efficiency between the Use of Circle and Tuna Hooks in Taiwan’s Tuna Longline Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. BIOLOGY	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2015	Clarke S (2015) Understanding and Mitigating Impacts to Whale Sharks in Purse Seine Fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 11th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC11-2015-EB-WP-03 Rev1, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2014	Clarke SC, Sato M, Small C, et al (2014) Bycatch in longline fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: A global review of status and mitigation measures. FAO, Rome	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait Light Cues - attractors & deterrents Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2016	Clarke S, Manarangi-Trott L, Taholo A (2016) Data Available to the Commission to Address the Implementation and Effectiveness of CMM 2010-07 regarding Shark Finning. WCPFC, Bali, Indonesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes Shark Finning Restrictions
2015	Clarke S, Nicol S, Swimmer Y (2015) Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Measure Effectiveness in Tuna Longline Fisheries. WCPFC, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2015	Clarke S, Nicol S, Swimmer Y, IOTC Secretariat (2015) Analysis of Marine Turtle Mitigation Measures Effectiveness in Tuna Longline Fisheries. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	LL	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2016	Clarke S, Peatman T, Caillot S (2016) Results from the First WCPFC Workshop on Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness. WCPFC, Bali, Indonesia	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Night / day setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2018	Clarke S, Smith N, Caillot S, Baird K (2018) Workshop on WCPFC Bycatch Mitigation Problem-solving [PowerPoint]	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2014	Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (2014) Report of the Effectiveness of Seabird Mitigation Measures Technical Group. CCSBT, Tokyo, Japan	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2017	Common Oceans (ABNJ) Tuna Project (2017) Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/EB-WP-10, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Night / day setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2018	Courtney D, Coelho R, Rosa D (2018) Outline of an alternative projection approach to evaluate recent conservation measures recommended by ICCAT to reduce mortality for North Atlantic shortfin mako. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 75:531–534	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2007	Cox TM, Lewison RL, Zydelis R, et al (2007) Comparing Effectiveness of Experimental and Implemented Bycatch Reduction Measures: the Ideal and the Real. Conservation Biology 21:1155–1164. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00772.x	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Auditory deterrents and attractors Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2021	Da Rocha N, Oppel S, Prince S, et al (2021) Reduction in seabird mortality in Namibian fisheries following the introduction of bycatch regulation. Biological Conservation 253:108915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108915	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Risk Analysis - Open Category
2016	Dapp DR, Huveneers C, Walker TI, et al (2016) Using logbook data to determine the immediate mortality of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) and tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in the commercial U.S. pelagic longline fishery. FB 115:27–41. https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.115.1.3	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques Post-Release Mortality
2013	Dawson S, Northridge S, Waples D, Read A (2013) To ping or not to ping: the use of active acoustic devices in mitigating interactions between small cetaceans and gillnet fisheries. Endang Species Res 19:201–221. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00464	GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Auditory deterrents and attractors Pingers - acoustic alarms Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2021	de Castro RM, Broadhurst MattK, Domit C (2021) Towards mitigating marine-mammal and sea-turtle mortalities in small-scale fisheries. Regional Studies in Marine Science 101999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101999	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability Fisheries Management Performance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2020	FAO (2020) Report of the Expert Meeting to Develop Technical Guidelines to Reduce Bycatch of Marine Mammals in Capture Fisheries. Rome, Italy, 17–19 September 2019. Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1289. FAO, Rome, Italy	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Auditory deterrents and attractors Gear configuration - other Pingers - acoustic alarms Spatial & temporal measures Sub-surface gillnets Weak Hooks Management Categories Economic Analysis Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
2018	FAO (2018) Report of the Expert Workshop on Means and Methods for Reducing Marine Mammal Mortality in Fishing and Aquaculture Operations. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1231, Rome, Italy	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2015	Favaro B, Côté IM (2015) Do by-catch reduction devices in longline fisheries reduce capture of sharks and rays? A global meta-analysis. Fish Fish 16:300–309. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12055	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Monofilament / Wire Leaders Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques Post-Release Mortality
2016	Gilman E (2016) Mitigating Problematic Bycatch in Tuna Fisheries. In: ISSF News - Blog. http://iss-foundation.org/mitigating-problematic-bycatch-in-tuna-fisheries/. Accessed 17 May 2016	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques

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