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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2009	Melvin EF, Guy TJ, Rose B (2009) Branchline Weighting on Two Japanese Joint Venture Vessels Participating in the 2009 South African Tuna Fishery: A Preliminary Report	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2009	Melvin EF, Heinecken C, Guy TJ (2009) Optimizing tori line designs for pelagic tuna longline fisheries: South Africa. Washington Sea Grant, Seattle, Washington	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
2009	IOTC SC (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch IOTC-2009-WPEB-R[E]. IOTC, Mobasa, Kenya	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting FAD design & management Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Safe handling & release
2010	Robertson G, Candy SG, Wienecke B (2010) Effect of line shooter and mainline tension on the sink rates of pelagic longlines and implications for seabird interactions. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate
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
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
2010	Melvin E, Guy T, Read LB (2010) Shrink and defend: A comparison of two streamer line designs in the 2009 South Africa Tuna Fishery. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
2010	Robertson G, Candy SG, Wienecke B, Lawton K (2010) Experimental determinations of factors affecting the sink rates of baited hooks to minimise seabird mortality in pelagic longline fisheries. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Fish not squid bait Line weighting & bait sink rate
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
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, van den Hoff J (2010) Static water sink rate trials to improve understanding of sink rates estimated at sea. ACAP, Mar del Plata, Argentina	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate
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	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
2011	Alfaro-Shigueto J, Mangel JC (2011) Responding to the evolution of Peru’s artisanal longline fleet: characterizing fleet mechanization and introducing weighted swivels - Project 2009-04 Progress Report	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
2011	Melvin E, Guy T, Sato N (2011) Preliminary Report of 2010 Weighted Branchline Trials in the Tuna Joint Venture Fishery in the South African EEZ. In: Fourth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 18	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
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	ACAP (2011) AC5 Annex 7: Summary advice statement for reducing impact of pelagic longline gear on seabirds. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 6	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Melvin E, Guy T (2011) A Draft Seabird Bycatch Conservation Measure for Tuna Commissions. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Guayaquil, Equador	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Birdlife International (2011) Developments in experimental mitigation research - Pelagic longline fisheries in Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay. ACAP, Fourth Meeting of the ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Doc 9.	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
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
2011	Gianuca D, Peppes FV, Cesar JH, et al (2011) The effect of leaded swivel position and light toriline on bird attack rates in Brazilian pelagic longline. In: Agenda Item 1. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 18	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Robertson G, Candy SG (2011) Preliminary assessment of the effect of seabird friendly (fast sinking) line weighting on catch rates of target and non- target fish in pelagic longline fisheries. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate
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
2012	Robertson G, Candy SG, Hall S (2012) New branch line weighting regimes reduce risk of seabird mortality in the Australian pelagic longline fishery without affecting fish catch. WCPFC‐SC8‐2012/EB‐WP‐09, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)

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