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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2021	ACAP (2021) Report of the population and conservation status working group. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP AC12 Doc 11, Online	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Report of the 17th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-WPEB17[AS]-RE Rev1, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category Stock Assessments
2021	Prince S (2021) Update on the BirdLife International - CCSBT Common Oceans 2 Seabird Project Plans. In: ACAP - Tenth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP SBWG10 Inf 08, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2021	Birdlife International (2021) Tackling the bycatch of Marine Megafauna in global gillnet fisheries	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
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 Acoustic deterrents and attractors Gear configuration - other Pingers - acoustic alarms Spatial & temporal measures Sub-surface gillnets Weak Hooks Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
2020	Flounders L (2020) The impact of the IOTC fisheries on mobulid rays: status and interactions, data availability, and recommendations for management. In: IOTC - 16th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2020-WPEB16-18, Online, p 29	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2020	ICCAT (2020) Report of the 2019 ICCAT sub-committee on ecosystems meeting. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:1–60	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2020	IOTC S (2020) Report of the 16th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 16th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC–2020–WPEB16–R[E], Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2020	IATTC SAC (2020) Staff activities and research plan. In: IATTC - 11th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-11-01a, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning
2020	ICCAT (2020) Report of the 2019 shortfin mako shark stock assessment update meeting. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:1–77	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2020	Tremblay-Boyer L, Berkenbusch K (2020) Data review and potential assessment approaches for Mobulids in the WCPO. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 16th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC16-2020/SA-IP-12, Electronic Meeting, p 56	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2020	IATTC SAC (2020) Implementation of recommendations adopted at the previous SAC meeting: progress and outcomes. In: IATTC - 11th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-11-02, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2020	ICCAT S on E (2020) Report of the 2020 ICCAT intersessional meeting of the sub-committee on ecosystems. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 77:1–59	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2020	IATTC SAC (2020) Report of the IATTC Scientific Advisory Committee 11th Meeting. In: IATTC - 11th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2020	Brouwer S, Hamer P (2020) 2021-2025 Shark Research Plan. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 16th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC16-2020/EB-IP-01 Rev1, Electronic Meeting, p 221	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning
2020	IATTC SAC (2020) Staff Recommendations. In: IATTC - 11th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-11-15, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	IWC (2019) Summary prepared for the IOTC 15th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch - Report of the IWC Workshop on Bycatch Mitigation Opportunities in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. In: IOTC - 15th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2019-WPEB15-43, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion Island	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2019	Wallace B (2019) A call for collaboration between IAC and IATTC to save Eastern Pacific leatherbacks. In: IATTC - 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. San Diego, California	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Review and Planning
2019	International Whaling Commission (2019) Report of the IWC Workshop on Bycatch Mitigation Opportunities in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, 8-9 May 2019. Nairobi, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2019	Joint Tuna RFMO FAD Working Group (2019) Report of the 2nd Meeting of the Joint Tuna RFMOs Working Group on FADs. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-WP-13, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Data Harmonisation Review and Planning
2019	CCSBT Secretariat (2019) Shark Species of Relevance to the CCSBT. In: The Thirteenth meeting of the Ecologically Related Species Working Group of the CCSBT (ERSWG13). CCSBT-ERS/1905/06, Canberra, Australia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning
2019	IATTC SAC (2019) Staff activities and research plan. In: IATTC - 10th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-10-01a, San Diego, California	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	International Whaling Commission (2019) International Whaling Commission’s Bycatch Mitigation Initiative	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	Birdlife International (2019) Report of the Final Global Seabird Bycatch Assessment Workshop. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-WP-07, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
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

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