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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2023	Meyer S, Hickcox R (2023) MIT2022-04 Bait retention as a driver to mitigation use in the surface longline fishery. Proteus, Outram, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Economic and Social Analysis Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2023	Meyer S, McKenzie D (2023) Factors affecting protected species captures in domestic surface longline fisheries [+ summary & Recommendations to ACAP SBWG11]. In: ACAP - 11th Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG11 Doc 23, Edinburgh, UK	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Vessel-specific management Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Risk Analysis - Open Category
2008	Moreno CA, Castro R, Mújica LJ, Reyes P (2008) Significant conservation benefits obtained from the use of a new fishing gear in the Chilean Patagonian toothfish fishery. CCAMLR Science 15:79–91	LL	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Depredation Mitigation Device Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
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
2010	NOAA Fisheries Service (2010) Reducing and Mitigating Interactions between Seabirds and Hawaii-Based Longline Fishing	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines
2020	NOAA National marine Fisheries Service PIRO (2020) Seabird Interactions and Mitigation Efforts in Hawaii Longline Fisheries: 2018 Annual Report. Revised June 2020. Annual Report 22	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
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
2017	Ochi D, Katsumata N, Oshima K (2017) An at-sea trial of seabird mitigation gears including three weighted branch line specifications for tuna longline fisheries. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/EB-IP-17, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
2000	O’Toole D, Molloy J (2000) Preliminary performance assessment of an underwater line setting device for pelagic longline fishing. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34:455–461. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2000.9516947	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Branchline (snood) hauler Line weighting & bait sink rate 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
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	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
2023	Pierre J (2023) Mitigation of seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries: Best practice measures, evidence and operational considerations. In: ACAP - 11th Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG11 Inf 06, Edinburgh, UK	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
2015	Pierre JP, Goad DW, Abraham ER (2015) Novel approaches to line-weighting in New Zealand’s inshore surface-longline fishery. Final Report prepared for the Department of Conservation: Conservation Services Programme project MIT2012-04	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
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
2019	Rawlinson N, Haddy J, Williams M, et al (2019) The relative safety of weighted branchlines during simulated fly-backs (cut-offs and tear- outs). In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP SBWG9 Doc 15, Florianópolis, Brazil	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
2006	Rice S, Baker T, Cullenberg P (2006) Field Evaluation of Seabird Deterrent Gear and Alternatives for Alaska Small Longline Vessels. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines
2000	Robertson GG (2000) Effect of Line Sink Rate on Albatross Mortality in the Patagonian Toothfish Longline Fishery. CCAMLR Science 7:133–150	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate
2013	Robertson G (2013) Lumo Leads - Addendum to SBWG5 Doc 51	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
2010	Robertson G (2010) ‘Best practice’ branch line configuration and deployment method to maximize hook sink rates to reduce interactions with seabirds in pelagic longline fisheries	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate
2017	Robertson G (2017) Recommended seabird bycatch research priorities for tuna fisheries operating on the high seas. In: ACAP - Eighth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG8-Doc-19, Wellington, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line weighting & bait sink rate
2013	Robertson G (2013) Improving ACAP’s advice on best practice line weighting for coastal State pelagic longline fisheries. In: Fifth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP SBWG5 Doc 31, La Rochelle, France	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2014	Robertson G (2014) Suggestion regarding Agenda item 14.2 of SBWG6 (Case study: South Georgia [Islas Georgias del Sur] Wandering Albatross and Grey-headed Albatross populations). ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate
2014	Robertson G (2014) Developments in the use of sliding lead weights in an Australian pelagic longline fishery: voluntary uptake, compliance and methods to minimise lead loss to the environment. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate
2014	Robertson G, Barrington J, Candy SG (2014) Recommendations concerning ACAP’s advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longlines on seabirds. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)

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