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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
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
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
2020	ICCAT S on E (2020) Report of the 2020 ICCAT intersessional meeting of the sub-committee on ecosystems. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 77:1–59	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2014	ICES (2014) Report of the Workshop on Methods for Estimating Discard Survival (WKMEDS). ICES HQ, Copenhagen, Denmark	LL, PS, GN		Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2023	ICES (2023) Theme Session C – Managing fisheries bycatch of threatened species. In: ICES Annual Science Conference. Bilbao, Spain	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2023	ICES (2023) ICES Stakeholder Engagement Strategy. ICES Convention, policies, and strategy	LL, PS, GN		Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2020	ICES (2020) Workshop on Innovative Fishing Gear (WKING). ICES Scientific Reports 2:. https://doi.org/10.17895/ICES.PUB.7528	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2019	International Whaling Commission (2019) International Whaling Commission’s Bycatch Mitigation Initiative	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	International Whaling Commission (2019) Report of the IWC Workshop on Bycatch Mitigation Opportunities in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, 8-9 May 2019. Nairobi, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2022	IOSEA, IOTC (2022) Cooperation between the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and 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 - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-27, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2021	IOTC (2021) Guidelines (draft) on the safe handling and release of ETP species in gillnet fisheries. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-23, Online	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2022	IOTC (2022) Port state measures – Species identification guide for fisheries inspectors / Mesures du ressort de l’État du port – Guide d’identification des espèces pour les inspecteurs des pêches. FAO, Victoria, Seychelles	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Compliance Species Identification
2021	IOTC (2021) Seabird identification cards for fishing vessels operating in the Indian Ocean (English, Indonesian, Portuguese)	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Species Identification
2023	IOTC (2023) Resolution 23/10 on Terms of Reference for a Working Party on Socio-Economics	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes
2023	IOTC (2023) Resolution 23/08 on Electronic Monitoring Standards for IOTC Fisheries	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring International & National Management Schemes
2022	IOTC (2022) Status of development and implementation of National Plans of Action for seabirds and sharks, and implementation of the FAO guidelines to reduce marine turtle mortality in fishing operations. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC–2022–WPEB18–08, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2020	IOTC (2020) Status of development and implementation of National Plans of Action for Seabirds and Sharks, and implementation of the FAO guidelines to reduce marine turtle mortality in fishing operations x. In: IOTC - 16th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2020-WPEB16-09, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2020	IOTC Secretariat (2020) Review of the statistical data available for bycatch species. In: IOTC - 16th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC–2020–WPEB16–07_Rev3, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
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
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Review of the statistical data available for IOTC bycatch species. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-07_Rev1, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Report of the 17th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-WPEB17[AS]-RE Rev1, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-05, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2020	IOTC S (2020) Report of the 16th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 16th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC–2020–WPEB16–R[E], Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Report of the 18th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 25th Session of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-R, Victoria, Seychelles	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Illumination of gillnets Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch 2022. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-05, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes

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