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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2019	ISSF (2019) Non-Entangling and Biodegradable FADs Guide (English, French, Indonesian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese). International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, Washington DC USA	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Moreno G, Orue B, Restrepo V (2018) Pilot project to test biodegradable ropes at FADs in real fishing conditions in the western Indian Ocean. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 74:2199–2208	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Lopez J, Altamirano E, Lennert-Cody C, et al (2018) Developing an effective and reliable FOB marking scheme to assist scientific advance (C.1.a). In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California, p 7	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Moreno G, Murua J, Dagorn L, et al (2018) Workshop for the reduction of the impact of Fish Aggregating Devices´structure on the ecosystem. ISSF Technical Report 2018-19A, Washington DC USA	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2018	Altamirano E, Lopez J, Hall M, Lennert-Cody C (2018) Workplan for minimizing FAD loss/abandonment and promoting recovery. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	ICCAT Secretariat (2018) Report of the 2017 Intersessional meeting of the Sub-Committee on Ecosystems. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:3565–3638	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	Pew Trusts (2018) Additional FAD Management Measures Needed in International Fisheries	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2018	Escalle L, Brouwer S, Pilling G (2018) Evaluation of dFAD construction materials in the WCPO. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/EB-IP-01, Busan, Republic of Korea, p 14	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Reinhardt JF, Weaver J, Latham PJ, et al (2018) Catch rate and at-vessel mortality of circle hooks versus J-hooks in pelagic longline fisheries: A global meta-analysis. Fish Fish 19:413–430. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12260	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2018	IATTC (2018) Definitions of terms related to FAD fishing. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2018	Briand K, Sabarros PS, Maufroy A, et al (2018) Improving the sampling protocol of electronic and human observations of the tropical tuna purse seine fishery discards. In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC–2018–WPEB14–18 Rev_1, Cape Town, South Africa	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2018	Gilman E, Bigler B, Muller B, et al (2018) Stakeholder Views on Methods to Identify Ownership and Track the Position of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices Used by Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries with Reference to FAO’s Draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear. (FAO Fisheries Circular 1163.). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/EB-IP-07, Busan, Republic of Korea	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2018	IATTC (2018) Definitions of terms related to FAD fishing - beacons or buoys (English & Spanish). In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Restrepo V, Murua J, Moreno G, Justel-Rubio A (2018) ISSF bycatch mitigation efforts for tropical tuna purse seine fisheries in the Atlantic ocean. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:1969–1974	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2018	Lopez J, Altamirano E, Lennert-Cody C, et al (2018) Review of resolutions C-16-01 and C-17-02: available information, data gaps, and potential improvements for monitoring the FAD fishery. In: Third Meeting of the IATTC Ad-hoc Permanent Working Group on FADs. IATTC-FAD-03 INF-A, La Jolla, California, p 29	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2018	Schaefer KM, Fuller DW, Chaloupka M (2018) Performance evaluation of shallow versus normal depth FADs in the eastern equatorial Pacific tuna purse-seine fishery A collaborative effort by IATTC, ISSF, and NIRSA. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California, p 21	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Spatial & temporal measures
2018	Moreno G, Murua J, Kebe P, et al (2018) Design workshop on the use of biodegradable fish aggregating devices in Ghanaian purse seine and pole and line tuna fleets. ISSF Technical Report 2018-07, Washington, D.C., USA.	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	ICCAT Secretariat (2018) Report of the 3rd meeting of the ad hoc working on FADs. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:2108–2191	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	Hall M, Román M (2018) Development of “new FADs” in the eastern Pacific. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California, p 20	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Clarke S, Smith N, Caillot S, Baird K (2018) Workshop on WCPFC Bycatch Mitigation Problem-solving [PowerPoint]	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2018	Zudaire I, Santiago J, Grande M, et al (2018) FAD Watch: a collaborative initiative to minimize the impact of FADs in coastal ecosystems. In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2018-WPEB14-12, Cape Town, South Africa	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2018	Herrera M, Moron J (2018) Implementing management plans and voluntary initiatives regarding FADs: The OPAGAC Experience. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Murua J, Moreno G, Itano D, et al (2018) ISSF Skipper’s Workshops Round 7. ISSF Technical Report 2018-01, Washington DC USA	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2018	IATTC (2018) Review of the 2017 Recommendations of the Working Group on FADs. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	Escalle L, Muller B, Brouwer S, Pilling G (2018) Report on analyses of the 2016/2018 PNA FAD tracking programme. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ MI-WP-09, Busan, Republic of Korea	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management

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