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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2008	Gilman E, Kobayashi D, Chaloupka M (2008) Reducing seabird bycatch in the Hawaii longline tuna fishery. Endangered Species Research 5:309–323. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00133	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures
2008	Bach, P., Gamblin, C., Lucas, V. (2008) The Effect of Bait Type on Hooking Responses of Target and Non-target Species on Pelagic Longlines: Preliminary Results From Fishing Experiments in the Seychelles. Western Indian Ocean J Mar Sci 7:151–161	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Artificial bait Night / day setting
2008	Petersen S, Nel D, Ryan P, Underhill L (2008) Understanding and mitigating vulnerable bycatch in southern African trawl and longline fisheries. WWF Responsible Fisheries Programme, South Africa	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Vessel-specific management
2007	Beverly S, Chapman L (2007) Interactions between sea turtles and pelagic longline fisheries. WCPFC-SC3-EB SWG/IP-01, Hawaii	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Decoys Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Soak duration Stealth fishing gear
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	Gamblin, C., Bach, Pascal, Lucas, V. (2007) Comparison of bycatch species captured during daytime and nightime: preliminarily results of longline experiments carried out in Seychelles waters	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting
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 Acoustic 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
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	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	National Marine Fisheries Service (2007) Guide for complying with regulations to reduce interactions between seabirds and Hawaii-based longline vessels. WCPFC SC3/ EB IP-10, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines
2007	(2007) Comparison of bycatch species captured during daytime and nightime: preliminarily results of longline experiments carried out in Seychelles waters. In: IOTC - 3rd Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2007-WPEB-16, Seychelles	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Night / day setting
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	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
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	Gandini P, Frere E (2006) Spatial and temporal patterns in the bycatch of seabirds in the Argentinian longline fishery. Fishery Bulletin 104:482–485	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2006	Gilman Eric, Zollett Erika, Beverly Stephen, et al (2006) Reducing sea turtle by‐catch in pelagic longline fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 7:2–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2006.00196.x	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Night / day setting Safe handling & release Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures
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
2006	Werner T, Kraus S, Read A, Zollett E (2006) Fishing Techniques to Reduce the Bycatch of Threatened Marine Animals. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:50–68. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353204	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Acoustic deterrents and attractors Artificial bait Backdown procedure and Medina panel Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Soak duration Streamer (tori) lines Water cannon or fire hose Weak Hooks
2006	Ward P, Hindmarsh S (2006) An overview of historical changes in the fishing gear and practices of pelagic longliners. In: Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. WCPFC-SC2-2006/FT WP-1, Manila, Philippines, p 31	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Night / day setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
2006	Laich AG, Favero M, Mariano-Jelicich R, et al (2006) Environmental and operational variability affecting the mortality of Black-browed Albatrosses associated with long-liners in Argentina. EMU 106:21. https://doi.org/10.1071/MU05024	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines
2006	Kobayashi D, Fisheries UN, Fisheries PI, et al (2006) Analyses of Observer Program Data for the Hawaii-Based Longline Swordfish Fishery. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Night / day setting Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Vessel-specific management
2006	Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) W (2006) Information on Seabird Mitigation Measures of Other RFMOs. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Branchline (snood) hauler Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines
2006	Kerstetter DW, Graves JE (2006) Effects of circle versus J-style hooks on target and non-target species in a pelagic longline fishery. Fisheries Research 80:239–250. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.03.032	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures
2006	Stobutzki I, Lawrence E, Bensley N, Norris W (2006) Bycatch mitigation approaches in Australia’s eastern tuna and billfish fishery: Seabirds, turtles, marine mammals, sharks, and non-target fish,. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Circle hooks Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines
2006	Melly P, Janhcke J (2006) Assessment of seabird bycatch in Peruvian artisanal fisheries - Final report to the British petroleum conservation programme. Pro Delphinus, Lima, Peru	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting

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