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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2017	Hoyle SD, Edwards CTT, Roux M-J, et al (2017) Southern Hemisphere porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) stock status assessment. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/SA-WP-12 (rev. 1), Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2024	Hoyle SD, Campbell RA, Ducharme-Barth ND, et al (2024) Catch per unit effort modelling for stock assessment: A summary of good practices. Fisheries Research 269:106860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106860	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2014	Hutchinson M (2014) Shark bycatch and post-release survival. In: International Seafood Sustainability Foundation. http://iss-foundation.org/2014/02/10/shark-bycatch-and-post-release-survival/. Accessed 15 Oct 2014		Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2023	Huynh HH, Tsai W-P (2023) Estimation of the population status of smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) and scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) in the Northwest Pacific Ocean: A data-limited approach. Journal of Sea Research 195:102434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2023.102434	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Demographic Analysis Stock Assessments
2013	IATTC (2013) Meeting Report. In: IATTC - 4th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. SAC-04, La Jolla, California	LL, PS		Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2020	ICCAT (2020) Report of the 2019 shortfin mako shark stock assessment update meeting. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:1–77	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2020	ICCAT Shark Species Group (2020) Report of the 2020 porbeagle shark stock assessment meeting. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 77:1–88	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2022	ICES (2022) Benchmark Workshop for selected elasmobranch stocks (WKELASMO). ICES Scientific Reports	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Executive Summaries for seven shark species. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-SC24-Executive summaries-sharks, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Report of the 17th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-WPEB17[AS]-RE Rev1, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category Stock Assessments
2009	IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC, Mombasa, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Line shooter Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2022	ISC (2022) Stock assessment and future projections of blue sharks in the North Pacific Ocean through 2020 (21July) - Final Report. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/SA-WP-06, Electronic Meeting	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2014	ISC Shark Working Group (2014) Stock Assessment and Future Projections (2014) of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC10-2014/ SA-WP-14 Rev 1, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2018	ISC Shark Working Group (2018) Stock Assessment of Shortfin Mako Shark in the North Pacific Ocean Through 2016. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-WP-11, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2013	ISC Shark Working Group (2013) Stock assessment and future projections (2013) of blue shark in the north Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 9th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC9-2013/ SA-WP-11, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2017	ISC Shark Working Group (2017) Stock Assessment and Future Projections of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean through 2015. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/SA-WP-10 & WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-13, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2021	Kai M (2021) Are the current IUCN category and CITES listing appropriate for the conservation and management of shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the North Pacific Ocean? Marine Policy 134:104790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104790		Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2017	Kai M, Carvalho F (2017) Proposal of implementation of low-fecundity spawner-recruitment relationship for shortfin mako in the north Atlantic. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:1830–1835	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2021	Kell LT (2021) Validation of alternative stock assessment hypotheses: north Atlantic shortfin mako shark. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 78:16–62	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2023	Kell LT, Winker H (2023) Model validation for the selection and weighting of stock assessment scenarios. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 80:607–622	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2022	Kindong R, Sarr O, Wu F, Tian S (2022) Length-Based Assessment Methods for the Conservation of a Pelagic Shark, Carcharhinus falciformis from the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Fishes 7:184. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040184	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2022	Kindong R, Wu F, Tian S, Sarr O (2022) How Well Do ‘Catch-Only’ Assessment Models Capture Catch Time Series Start Years and Default Life History Prior Values? A Preliminary Stock Assessment of the South Atlantic Ocean Blue Shark Using a Catch-Based Model. Animals 12:1386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111386	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2022	Large K, Neubauer P, Brouwer, Stephen (2022) Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific Shortfin Mako shark. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/SA-WP-02, Electronic Meeting	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2023	Lawson JM, Smith CM (2023) A synthetic control approach to estimate the effect of total allowable catches in the high seas. Fish and Fisheries 24:635–651. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12752	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category Stock Assessments
2020	Maguire J-J, Berg CW (2020) A SPiCT assessments of the north Atlantic shortfin mako shark. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:156–163	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments

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