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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2018	ISSF (2018) FAD Use, FIPs & the MSC Standard	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2019	ISSF (2019) Presentations from International Workshop on Mitigating Environmental Impacts of Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries (2019)	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2023	ISSF (2023) Status of the World Fisheries for Tuna. November 2023. ISSF Technical Report 2023-12, Pittsburgh, PA, USA	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes
2015	ISSF (2015) Non-target Species Caught in Tuna Fisheries	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Longline Skippers’ Guidebook (English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalong, Vietnamese), 2nd edn. ISSF, Washington DC USA	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Double-weight branchlines Fish not squid bait Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Species Identification
2010	ISSF (2010) ISSF Meeting on mitigation of by-catches in the Tuna Purse seine Floating Object fisheries: Sukarrieta, Spain 24-27 Nov 2009. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Acoustic discrimination Chemical deterrents or attractants FAD design & management Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Safe handling & release
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Purse Seine Bycatch Mitigation and Handling (multiple languages), 3rd edn. ISSF, Washington, D.C., USA.	PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2015	ISSF (2015) ISSF research on FADs	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic discrimination FAD design & management
2015	ISSF (2015) The Ideal Purse Seine Vessel	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2015	ISSF (2015) Sea turtle handling and hook removal	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2023	ISSF (2023) ISSF workshop on different approaches to limit the number of FADs in the oceans. In: IATTC - 7th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. IATTC FAD07 3rd Party doc, La Jolla California USA	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2016	ISSF (2016) Saving Sea Turtles / Salvar tortugas	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	ISSF (2020) RFMO Best Practices Snapshot - 2020: FAD Management	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2015	ISSF (2015) Report of the Tuna RFMO Expert Working Group: Harmonisation of Longline Bycatch Data Collected by Tuna RFMOs. WCPFC, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Harmonisation E-monitoring
2024	ISSF (2024) BioFADs: New Trials and Large-Scale Deployment	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
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
2012	ISSF (2012) Best bycatch release practices in tuna purse seiners / Cara melepas bycatch pada pukat cincin / 최상의 참치선망 부수어획 방류관행 / Buenas prácticas de liberación de especies accesorias en cubierta / 金枪鱼围网渔业误捕海洋动物的释放方法（中国远洋渔业协会上海海洋大学翻译）	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	ISSF (2019) Biodegradable FAD Workshops in the Western Pacific Ocean. Washington DC USA	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2021	Isaza-Toro E, Selvaraj JJ, Giraldo-Lopez A, Ortíz-Ferrín OO y (2021) Fish aggregating devices in the eastern tropical Pacific marine corridor, according to the Colombian Fisheries Observer Program. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31:3311–3318. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3687	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2021	IOTC, IOSEA (2021) Proposed Letter of Understanding between the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and the Secretariat of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-31, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2017	IOTC-WGFAD01 (2017) Report of the IOTC ad hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC–2017–WGFAD01–R[E], Madrid, Spain	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	IOTC WPEB (2018) Draft Marine Turtle Call. In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2018-WPEB14-INF01, Cape Town, South Africa	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Data Harmonisation International & National Management Schemes
2009	IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC, Mombasa, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Line shooter Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2021	IOTC WGEMS Chair, IOTC Secretariat (2021) Draft Terms Of Reference For The Ad-Hoc Working Group On The Development Of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards (WGEMS). In: IOTC - Ad Hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards. IOTC-2021-WGEMS01-10, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2022	IOTC Secretariat, WWF Pakistan (2022) DRAFT REPORT: Developing robust multi-taxa bycatch mitigation measures for gillnets/drift nets in the Indian Ocean. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-INF11, Online	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Illumination of gillnets Sub-surface gillnets Management Categories Data Availability and Collection

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