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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2012	Gilman E, Passfield K, Nakamura K (2012) Performance of regional fisheries management organizations: ecosystem-based governance of bycatch and discards. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Switzerland	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Management of offal discharge Management Categories Compliance Data Availability and Collection Data Harmonisation Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
2008	Campbell LM, Cornwell ML (2008) Human dimensions of bycatch reduction technology: current assumptions and directions for future research. Endang Species Res 5:325–334. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00172	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2007	Molenaar EJ (2007) Managing Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 22:89–124. https://doi.org/10.1163/157180807781475263	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes
2007	Doak D, Bakker V, Finkelstein M, et al (2007) Compensatory mitigation for marine bycatch will do harm, not good. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:350–351	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
2000	Hall MA, Alverson DL, Metuzals KI (2000) By-catch: problems and solutions. Mar Poll Bull 41:204–219	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Backdown procedure and Medina panel Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
1997	Pascoe S (1997) Bycatch management and the economics of discarding. FAO, Rome, Italy	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
1994	Alverson DL (ed) (1994) A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange

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