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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2023	IATTC SAC (2023) Staff recommendations to the Commission. In: IATTC - 14th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-14-14, La Jolla California USA	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Data Availability and Collection E-monitoring International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Shark Finning Restrictions Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2019	IATTC SAC (2019) Staff recommendations to the Commission. In: IATTC - 10th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC-SAC-10-19, San Diego, California	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2015	IATTC SAC (2015) Meeting Report - 6th meeting of the IATTC Scientific Advisory Committee. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla California USA	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories E-monitoring Review and Planning
2018	IATTC SAC (2018) Staff recommendations for management and data collection 2018. In: IATTC - 9th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-09-15 Rev 2, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Monofilament / Wire Leaders Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2019	IATTC SAC (2019) Synopsis of longline observer data reported pursuant to Resolution C-11-08. In: IATTC - 10th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-10-04, San Diego, California	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Harmonisation
2014	IATTC SAC (2014) Best Practice Advice to Reduce the Bycatch of Seabirds in the Convention Area	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Double-weight branchlines Dyed bait Line shooter Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2019	IATTC SAC (2019) Staff activities and research plan. In: IATTC - 10th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-10-01a, San Diego, California	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2006	IATTC WG on B (2006) The Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation Program for the Coastal Longline Fleets and Preliminary Results of Circle Hook Experiments. WCPFC, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks
2018	IATTC WG on B (2018) Bycatch Working Group 2017 - Recommendations (Summary). In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. La Jolla, California	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	IATTC WG on B (2019) Recommendations to the Scientific Committee. In: IATTC - 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. IATTC-BYC-09 Recommendations, San Diego, California	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2013	ICCAT (2013) Report of the 2012 Inter-sessional Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Ecosystems. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 69:1723–1780	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2020	ICCAT (2020) Report of the 2019 ICCAT sub-committee on ecosystems meeting. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:1–60	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2023	ICCAT (2023) 2023-18 Recommendation by ICCAT to Establish Minimum Standards and Programme Requirements for the Use of Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) in ICCAT Fisheries	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring International & National Management Schemes
2015	ICCAT (2015) 2014 Intersessional meeting of the Sharks Species Group (Piriapolis, Uruguay, 10-1 March 2014). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 71:2458–2550	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2020	ICCAT (2020) Report of the 2019 shortfin mako shark stock assessment update meeting. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 76:1–77	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Review and Planning
2016	ICCAT (2016) 2015 Blue Shark Data Preparatory Meeting. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 72:793–865	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays
2013	ICCAT (2013) Report of the Sub-Committee on Ecosystems. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 69:1781–1787	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2017	ICCAT (2017) Report of the 2017 ICCAT shortfin mako data preparatory meeting. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:1373–1464	LL	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2014	ICCAT (2014) 2013 Inter-sessional meeting of the Sharks Species Group. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 70:2260–2415	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2023	ICCAT SCRS (2023) Report of the SCRS Sub-Group on Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) & other meeting documents. In: ICCAT-First Meeting of the EMS Working Group. Online	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2022	ICCAT Secretariat (2022) Second draft report of the second meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Monitoring Systems. Online	LL, PS		Management Categories E-monitoring
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
2023	ICCAT Secretariat (2023) Report of the Subcommittee on Ecosystems and Bycatch (SCECO). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 80:001–071	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2017	ICCAT Shark Species Group (2017) Report of the 2016 intersessional meeting of the shark species group (Madeira, Portugal – April 25 to 29, 2016). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 73:2759–2809	LL	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2020	ICCAT Shark Species Group (2020) Report of the 2020 porbeagle shark stock assessment meeting. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 77:1–88	LL	Sharks and Rays

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