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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2022	ANCORS (2022) Towards responsible transparency: understanding why fishers are cautious about sharing data. In: WCPFC - Commission Nineteenth Regular Session. WCPFC19-2022-OP04, Da Nang City, Vietnam	LL, PS, GN		Management Categories Compliance Data Availability and Collection
2018	Alfaro-Shigueto J, Mangel JC, Darquea J, et al (2018) Untangling the impacts of nets in the southeastern Pacific: Rapid assessment of marine turtle bycatch to set conservation priorities in small-scale fisheries. Fisheries Research 206:185–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.04.013	GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection
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
2023	ACAP (2023) Updated ACAP Advice on Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in IOTC Pelagic Longline Fisheries. In: IOTC - 19th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2023-WPEB19-29, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion, France	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes
2021	ACAP (2021) Report of the Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection

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