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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2019	ACAP (2019) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds WCPFC. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-IP-03, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Haul mitigation Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lasers Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
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
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
2016	ACAP (2016) 2016 ACAP Review and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: 9th Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee. La Serena, Chile	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook 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
2009	ACAP (2009) Mitigation measures for pelagic longline gear: a report on the work of the seabird bycatch working group, agreement on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels. ACAP	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 Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2021	ACAP (2021) ACAP Review of mitigation measures and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod 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
2018	ACAP (2018) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds - 2018. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ EB-WP-13, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines
2014	ACAP (2014) Prioritising ACAP Conservation Actions - Update and Report to MoP5. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2023	ACAP AC (2023) Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. In: ACAP - 13th Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP, Edinburgh, UK	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2021	ACAP AC (2021) Draft AC work program 2023-2025. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP AC12 Doc16, Online	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2014	ACAP Intersessional Group (2014) Identification of minimum elements to review the effectiveness of seabird bycatch mitigation regulations in tuna RFMOs. ACAP, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2016	ACAP SBWG (2016) 2016 ACAP Review and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP-AC9-Doc10, La Serena, Chile	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines
2021	ACAP SBWG (2021) Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2016	ACAP SBWG (2016) Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP-AC9-Doc10, La Serena, Chile	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Data Harmonisation
2008	ACAP SBWG (2008) Report of the Second Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Hermanus, South Africa, 17-18 August 2008. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Cape Town, South Africa	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line shooter Management of offal discharge Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2019	ACAP SBWG Intersessional Group (2019) Drivers and barriers in the uptake of seabird bycatch mitigation measures and related conservation actions. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP SBWG9 Doc 10 Rev 1, Florianópolis, Brazil	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Compliance Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
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	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
2016	ACAP Secretariat (2016) ACAP summary advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing on seabirds. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 72:1970–1974	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
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
2015	ACAP Secretariat (2015) 2015 - ACAP summary advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing on seabirds. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2016	ACAP Secretariat and National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries. (2016) Seabird Bycatch ID Guide - English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2019	ACAP, Birdlife International (2019) Night-setting Factsheet. English, Bahasa Indonesian, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Spanish.	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting

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