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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2015	BirdLife International (2015) 拯救信天翁 – 如何減少金槍魚延繩漁業誤捕海鳥（繁體中文）	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2016	BirdLife International (2016) 拯救信天翁 – 如何减少金枪鱼延绳渔业误捕海鸟（简体中文）	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2015	BirdLife International (2015) Saving Albatrosses - How to Reduce Seabird Bycatch - Tuna Longline Fisheries - English	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2016	BirdLife International (2016) アホウドリ類との共存を目指して混獲回避に向けた取り組み	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2016	BirdLife International (2016) Salvemos al albatros - Cómo reducir la captura incidental de aves marinas en palangreros – Español Saving Albatrosses – How to Reduce Seabird Bycatch - Spanish	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2016	BirdLife International (2016) 알바트로스 구하기 – 다랑어 연승어업에서의 바닷새 혼획 줄이기 - 한국어	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
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)
2021	ACAP, Birdlife International (2021) Improving Safety When Hauling Branch Lines Factsheet	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
2019	ACAP Secretariat (2019) ACAP Advice on Improving Safety when Hauling Branchlines during Pelagic Longline Fishing Operations. In: ACAP - Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Florianópolis, Brazil	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook Underwater setting techniques
2021	ACAP (2021) ACAP Advice on Improving Safety when Hauling Branch lines during Pelagic Longline Fishing Operations. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook
2013	ACAP (2013) Report of Seabird Bycatch Working Group Rev 2. Includes: Annex 2 ACAP review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longline fisheries; Annex 3 ACAP Summary Advice for Reducing Impact of Pelagic Longlines on Seabirds. In: Seventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee, La Rochelle, France, 1-3 May. ACAP, La Rochelle, France, p 112	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2013	ACAP (2013) Report of Seabird Working Group. La Rochelle, France	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 Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2019	ACAP (2019) Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. In: ACAP - Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee. AC11 Doc 10, Florianópolis, Brazil	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Safe handling & release Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques

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