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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2016	ISSF (2016) Mitigation of Silky Shark Bycatch in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries. In: IOTC - 12th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2016-WPEB12-39, Seychelles	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Purse Seine Fisheries -- Bycatch Mitigation for Sharks: Handling & Release Part II	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	Francis MP, Jones EG (2016) Movement, depth distribution and survival of spinetail devilrays (Mobula japanica) tagged and released from purse-seine catches in New Zealand. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2641	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Tagging Studies
2016	ISSF (2016) Protecting Sharks: Reducing Shark Bycatch in Purse Seine Fisheries	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Longline Fisheries - Bycatch Mitigation for Seabirds: Hook Removal Equipment	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	AFMA (2016) Shark and Ray Handling Practices - A guide for commercial fishers in southern Australia	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Purse Seine Fisheries -- Bycatch Mitigation for Sharks: Handling & Release Part III	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2015	French RP, Lyle J, Tracey S, et al (2015) High survivorship after catch-and-release fishing suggests physiological resilience in the endothermic shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus). Conserv Physiol 3:cov044. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cov044	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2015	Williard A, Parga M, Sagarminaga R, Swimmer Y (2015) Physiological ramifications for loggerhead turtles captured in pelagic longlines. Biology Letters 11:20150607. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0607	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2015	ISSF (2015) Sea turtle handling and hook removal	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2015	Hutchinson M, Itano D, Muir J, Holland K (2015) Post-release survival of juvenile silky sharks captured in a tropical tuna purse seine fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 521:143–154. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11073	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies
2015	Cosandey-Godin A (2015) Elasmobranch Bycatch in the Canadian Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Adjacent Seas: Composition, Biogeography, and Mitigation. PhD, Dalhousie University	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
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
2015	Marshall H, Skomal G, Ross PG, Bernal D (2015) At-vessel and post-release mortality of the dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus) and sandbar (C. plumbeus) sharks after longline capture. Fisheries Research 172:373–384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.011	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Soak duration Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2015	Goni N, Ruiz J, Murua H, et al (2015) System of verification of the code of good practices on board ANABAC and OPAGAC tuna purse seiners and preliminary results for the Atlantic Ocean. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Compliance
2015	Filmalter J, Hutchinson M, Poisson F, et al (2015) Global comparison of post release survival of silky sharks caught by tropical tuna purse seine vessels. ISSF Technical Report 2015-10, Washington DC USA	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies
2015	Birdlife International (2015) Albatross bycatch reduction in long line fishing. http://www.birdlife.org/asia/news/speaking-your-language-save-albatrosses?utm_source=1.14.16+ISSF+E+News+&utm_campaign=1.14.16+E+News&utm_medium=email. Accessed 8 Mar 2016	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2015	Barcelona University (2015) How to avoid seabird bycatch in the Mediterranean	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	Curran D (2014) Shark Catch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries: A Review of Mitigation Measures. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC SC10-2014/EB-IP-11, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, p 16	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures
2014	Raby GD, Packer JR, Danylchuk AJ, Cooke SJ (2014) The understudied and underappreciated role of predation in the mortality of fish released from fishing gears. Fish and Fisheries 15:489–505. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12033	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2014	Scott MD, Hall M (2014) Proposals for safe release of bycatches of sea turtles and manta rays. In: IATTC - 5th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-05-03c, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Longline Skippers’ Guidebook (English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalong, Vietnamese), 2nd edn. ISSF, Washington DC USA	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Double-weight branchlines Fish not squid bait Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Species Identification
2014	Poisson F, Filmalter JD, Vernet A-L, Dagorn L (2014) Mortality rate of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) caught in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Indian Ocean. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 71:795–798. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0561	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2014	Blue Ocean Institute (2014) Whale and Dolphin Handling and Release Guidelines for Longline Fishers = 延绳钓捕捞者对误捕的鲸和海豚的处理和放生指引 English & Chinese	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	Poisson F, Séret B, Vernet A-L, et al (2014) Collaborative research: Development of a manual on elasmobranch handling and release best practices in tropical tuna purse-seine fisheries. Marine Policy 44:312–320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.09.025	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release

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