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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2016	Clarke S (2016) 2016 - Update on the ABNJ (Common Oceans) Tuna Project’s Shark and Bycatch Components. WCPFC, Bali, Indonesia	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Harmonisation Review and Planning
2016	Restrepo V, Dagorn L, Moreno G, et al (2016) Compendium of ISSF At-Sea Bycatch Mitigation Research Activities as of 12/2016. ISSF Technical Report 2016-13A, Washington DC USA	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2015	Rabearisoa N, Sabarros PS, Romanov E, Bach P (2015) Indicators of depredation impacting Reunion Island pelagic longline fishery. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	LL	Marine Mammals, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
2015	ISSF (2015) The Ideal Purse Seine Vessel	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2015	Moreno G, Boyra G, Rico I, et al (2015) Towards acoustic discrimination of tuna species at FADs. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 72:697–704	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic discrimination FAD design & management
2015	Goni N, Ruiz J, Murua H, et al (2015) System of verification of the code of good practices on board ANABAC and OPAGAC tuna purse seiners and preliminary results for the Atlantic Ocean. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Compliance
2015	Monteagudo JP, Legorburu G, Justel-Rubio A, Restrepo V (2015) Preliminary Study About the Suitability of an Electronic Monitoring System to Record Scientific and Other Information From the Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fishery. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 71:440–459	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2015	de Molina AD, Ariz J, Murua H, Santana JC (2015) Spanish Fish Aggregating Device Management Plan. Preliminary data. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 71:515–524	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2015	Campbell SJ (2015) Assessing Indonesian manta and devil ray populations through historical landings and fishing community interviews. PeerJ Preprints. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3033.0323	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection
2015	Ruiz J (2015) Electronic Monitoring Trials on the Tropical Tuna Purse-Seine Fishery	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2015	Auger L, Trombetta T, Sabarros PS, et al (2015) Optimal fishing time window: an approach to mitigate bycatch in longline fisheries (IOTC WPEB11-15). IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting Soak duration
2015	Fonteneau A, Chassot E, Gaertner D (2015) Managing tropical tuna purse seine fisheries through limiting the number of drifting fish aggregating devices in the Atlantic: food for thought. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 71:460–475	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2015	ISSF (2015) ISSF research on FADs	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic discrimination FAD design & management
2015	Garibaldi F (2015) By-catch in the mesopelagic swordfish longline fishery in the Ligurian Sea (western Mediterranean). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 71:1495–1498	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other
2014	Scott MD, Hall M (2014) Proposals for safe release of bycatches of sea turtles and manta rays. In: IATTC - 5th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-05-03c, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	Gilman E, Owens M, Kraft T (2014) Ecological risk assessment of the Marshall Islands longline tuna fishery. Marine Policy 44:239–255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.029	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait Lightsticks / light attractors Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Soak duration Weak Hooks Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2014	Broadhurst MK, Butcher PA, Millar RB, et al (2014) Temporal hooking variability among sharks on south-eastern Australian demersal longlines and implications for their management. Global Ecology and Conservation 2:181–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2014.09.005	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting Soak duration
2014	WWF (2014) 2014 Smart Gear Grand Prize Winner + Runner ups - includes details on Seabird Saver and Super Polyshark	LL, PS	Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Chemical deterrents or attractants Lightsticks / light attractors
2014	Davies TK, Mees CC, Milner-Gulland EJ (2014) The past, present and future use of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Indian Ocean. Marine Policy 45:163–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.12.014	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2014	Hernandez-Garcia V, Ortega ATS, Ganzedo-Lopez U, Castro JJ (2014) Analysis of impact of non-entangling FADs on incidental catches in the Indian Ocean Tuna Fishery	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2014	Watson J, Bigelow K (2014) Trade-offs among Catch, Bycatch, and Landed Value in the American Samoa Longline Fishery x. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC SC10-2014/EB-IP-09, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, p 12	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2014	ISSF (2014) Purse Seine Skippers’ Guidebook (English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalong, Vietnamese)	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2013	Jordan LK, Mandelman JW, McComb DM, et al (2013) Linking sensory biology and fisheries bycatch reduction in elasmobranch fishes: a review with new directions for research. Conservation Physiology 1:20. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cot002	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Artificial bait Chemical deterrents or attractants Fish not squid bait Lightsticks / light attractors Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents
2013	Mangel JC, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Witt MJ, et al (2013) Using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans in Peru’s small-scale driftnet fishery. Oryx 47:595–606. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605312000658	GN	Marine Mammals, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Pingers - acoustic alarms
2013	Romanov E, Kerstetter DW, Moore T, Bach P (2013) Buoy fishing. In: IOTC - 9th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC–2013–WPEB09–41, La Réunion, France	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays

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