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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2012	Robertson G, Hay I (2012) Progress report on the development and testing of the underwater bait setter for pelagic longline fisheries. WCPFC-SC8-2012/EB-IP-02, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Underwater setting techniques
2012	Pierre, J., Goad, D. (2012) Seabird bycatch reduction in New Zealand’s inshore surface longline fishery. Department of Conservation, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Underwater setting techniques
2011	ACAP (2011) AC5 Annex 6 Review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longline fisheries. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 12	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2011	Robertson G, Domingo A (2011) Progress report on the BS30 Underwater Bait Setter for pelagic longline fisheries Rev 2. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Underwater setting techniques
2011	Løkkeborg S (2011) Best practices to mitigate seabird bycatch in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries - efficiency and practical applicability. Marine Ecology Progress Series 435:285–303. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09227	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Sub-surface gillnets Underwater setting techniques Visual alerts for gillnets - other
2010	Sullivan B (2010) At-sea trials to test the effectiveness of bait pods in reducing seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Underwater setting techniques
2010	Robertson G, Ashworth P (2010) Progress report on the development and testing of the underwater bait setter for pelagic longline fisheries. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Underwater setting techniques
2010	WCPFC SCS (2010) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group (2010) Annex 5: Review of Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Pelagic Longline Fisheries. In: ACAP - Third Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP, Mar del Plata, Argentina	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	Robertson G, Ashworth P (2010) Development of an Underwater Bait Setter. In: IOTC - 6th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2010-WPEB08-08, Seychelles	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Underwater setting techniques
2010	Papworth W (2010) Options for Differential Management and Monitoring of Seabird Bycatch. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group (2010) Best Practice Technical Guidelines - Summary Advice Statement for reducing impact of pelagic longline gear on seabirds. ACAP, Mar del Plata, Argentina	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2009	ACAP (2009) Mitigation measures for pelagic longline gear: a report on the work of the seabird bycatch working group, agreement on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels. ACAP	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2008	Løkkeborg S (2008) Review and assessment of mitigation measures to reduce incidental catch of seabirds in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2007	Norris W, Brouwer, Stephen (2007) TCC Draft Report and Information Paper on the Voluntary Small Working Group on Seabird Bycatch Mitigation. WCPFC SC3 2007/EB SWG/WP-8, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting 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 Lightsticks / light attractors 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
2007	Gilman E, Brothers N, Kobayashi DR (2007) Comparison of three seabird bycatch avoidance methods in Hawaii-based pelagic longline fisheries. Fisheries Science 73:208–210	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2007	ACAP (2007) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation: Minimum Standards for Pelagic Longline Fishing and Priorities for Further Research. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 3rd Regular Session. WCPFC-SC3-EB SWG/WP-14, Honolulu, United States of America	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2007	Petersen SL (2007) Development of Mitigation Measures to Reduce Seabird Mortality in Pelagic Longline Fisheries. Birdlife, Victoria, Seychelles	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Water cannon or fire hose
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
2006	Melvin EF, Baker GB (2006) Summary report: seabird bycatch mitigation in pelagic longline fisheries workshop. In: Museum of Natural History, Royal Society Room, Hobart, Tasmania. Sea Grant Washington, Hobart Tasmania Australia, p 25	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Brickle curtain Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line shooter Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2006	Bull L (2006) A review of methodologies aimed at avoiding and/or mitigating incidental catch of seabirds in longline fisheries. WCPFC-SC2-2006/EB WP-5, Brasilia, Brazil	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Bait caster Brickle curtain Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Water cannon or fire hose
2005	Gilman E, Brothers N, Kobayashi DR (2005) Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries. Fish Fish 6:35–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2679.2005.00175.x	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
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
2004	King M, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fisheries Training Section (2004) Protected marine species and the tuna longline fishery in the Pacific Islands. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Side-setting Underwater setting techniques

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