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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2009	Zollett E (2009) Bycatch of protected species and other species of concern in US east coast commercial fisheries. Endangered Species Research 9:49–59. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00221	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2009	Macfadyen G, Huntington T, Cappell R (2009) Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear. United Nations Environment Programme : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management Management of offal discharge
2008	Sims M, Cox T, Lewison R (2008) Modeling spatial patterns in fisheries bycatch: improving bycatch maps to aid fisheries management. Ecological Applications 18:649–661	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2008	Semba Y, Matsumotp T, Okamoto H, Tanabe T (2008) Report of Japan’s Scientific Observer Program for Tuna Longline Fishery in the Atlantic Ocean in the Fishing years of 2005 and 2006. CVSP 62:2123–2145	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2007	Jennings S, Revill AS (2007) The role of gear technologists in supporting an ecosystem approach to fisheries. ICES J Mar Sci 64:1525–1534. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsm104	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2007	Rogan E, Mackey M (2007) Megafauna bycatch in drift nets for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the NE Atlantic. Fisheries Research 86:6–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2007.02.013	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2007	Kirby DS, Hobday AJ (2007) Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing in the Western & Central Pacific Ocean: Productivity-Susceptibility Analysis. WCPFC, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Productivity Susceptibility Analysis
2006	Werner T, Kraus S, Read A, Zollett E (2006) Fishing Techniques to Reduce the Bycatch of Threatened Marine Animals. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:50–68. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353204	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Acoustic deterrents and attractors Artificial bait Backdown procedure and Medina panel Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Soak duration Streamer (tori) lines Water cannon or fire hose Weak Hooks
2006	Willock A, Lack M (2006) Follow the Leader: Learning from experience and best practice in regional fisheries management organizations. WWF International	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
2006	Hobday AJ, Hartmann K (2006) Near real-time spatial management based on habitat predictions for a longline bycatch species. Fisheries Management and Ecology 13:365–380. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00515.x	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures
2006	Watson JW, Kerstetter DW (2006) Pelagic Longline Fishing Gear: A Brief History and Review of Research Efforts to Improve Selectivity. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:6–11. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353259	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Corrodible hooks Safe handling & release
2006	Gilman EL, Dalzell P, Martin S (2006) Fleet communication to abate fisheries bycatch. Marine Policy 30:360–366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2005.06.003	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Vessel-specific management Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
2006	Stobutzki I, Lawrence E, Bensley N, Norris W (2006) Bycatch mitigation approaches in Australia’s eastern tuna and billfish fishery: Seabirds, turtles, marine mammals, sharks, and non-target fish,. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Circle hooks Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines
2006	Chapman L, Sharples P, Brogan D, et al (2006) Marine species identification manual for horizontal longline fishermen = Manuel d’identification des espèces marines destiné aux pêcheurs à la palangre horizontale English-French	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2006	Cogan K (2006) Protected Species Identification Guide	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2005	Molony B (2005) Estimates of the mortality of non-target species with an initial focus on seabirds, turtles and sharks in longline fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean, 1990–2004. WCPFC-SC1-EB-WP-01, Noumea, New Caledonia, p 84	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2005	Coyne MS, Godley BJ (2005) Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 301:1–7. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps301001	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Tagging Studies
2005	Hall S J, Mainprize B M (2005) Managing by-catch and discards: how much progress are we making and how can we do better? Fish and Fisheries 6:134–155	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes
2005	Cochrane KL, Doulman DJ (2005) The rising tide of fisheries instruments and the struggle to keep afloat. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 360:77–94. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2004.1568	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2005	Myers RA, Worm B (2005) Extinction, survival or recovery of large predatory fishes. Phil Trans The Royal Soc 360:13–20. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2004.1573	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2004	SPC, SPREP, WPRFMC (2004) Think Don’t Throw - Keep Our Oceans Clean brochure	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear
2004	Dietrich KS, Cornish VR, Rivera KS, Conant TA (2004) Best practices for the collection of longline data to facilitate research and analysis to reduce bycatch of protected species. NOAA, Sydney, Australia	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Harmonisation
2004	Lewison RL, Crowder LB, Read AJ, Freeman SA (2004) Understanding impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine megafauna. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:598–604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.004	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes
2004	King M, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fisheries Training Section (2004) Protected marine species and the tuna longline fishery in the Pacific Islands. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Side-setting Underwater setting techniques
2003	Tarasofsky RG (2003) Regional fisheries organizations and the World Trade Organization: compatibility or conflict? Traffic International, Cambridge	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Compliance International & National Management Schemes

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