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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2023	IOTC Secretariat (2023) Review of the statistical data available for IOTC bycatch species (at August 2023). In: IOTC - 19th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2023-WPEB19-07_Rev2, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion, France	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Executive Summaries for seven shark species. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-SC24-Executive summaries-sharks, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2022	IOTC Secretariat & Chair (2022) Revision of the WPEB program of work (2023–2027). In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC–2022–WPEB18–09, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2017	IOTC Secretariat, Rice J (2017) Approaches to the reconstrution of catches of Indian Ocea blue shark (prionace glauca). In: IOTC - 13th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2017-WPEB13-23, San Sebastián, Spain	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
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
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 Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
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
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
2021	IOTC, SPC (2021) Shark and Ray Identification in the Indian Ocean Pelagic Fisheries (English, Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese, Urdu)	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2022	IPHC (2022) Report of the 1st International Workshop on Protecting Fishery Catches from Whale Depredation (WS001). IPHC–2022–WS001–R, Online	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Depredation Mitigation Device
2022	ISC (2022) Stock assessment and future projections of blue sharks in the North Pacific Ocean through 2020 (21July) - Final Report. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/SA-WP-06, Electronic Meeting	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2013	ISC Shark Working Group (2013) DRAFT Report of the Shark Working Groups (May 2012, January & April 2013). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 9th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC9-2013/ SA-WP-11a, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2017	ISC Shark Working Group (2017) Stock Assessment and Future Projections of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean through 2015. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/SA-WP-10 & WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-13, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2013	ISC Shark Working Group (2013) Stock assessment and future projections (2013) of blue shark in the north Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 9th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC9-2013/ SA-WP-11, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2014	ISC Shark Working Group (2014) Stock Assessment and Future Projections (2014) of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC10-2014/ SA-WP-14 Rev 1, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
2018	ISC Shark Working Group (2018) Stock Assessment of Shortfin Mako Shark in the North Pacific Ocean Through 2016. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-WP-11, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Stock Assessments
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
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
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
2016	ISSF (2016) Longline Fisheries - Bycatch Mitigation for Seabirds: Release Practices	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
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
2016	ISSF (2016) Saving Sea Turtles / Salvar tortugas	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Longline Fisheries - Bycatch Mitigation for Seabirds: Hook Removal Practices	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2015	ISSF (2015) Sea turtle handling and hook removal	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Longline Fisheries - Bycatch Mitigation for Seabirds: Hook Removal Equipment	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release

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