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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2014	Warraich N (2014) Feeding behavior of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles: A study to better understand longline bycatch. Masters Thesis, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Chemical deterrents or attractants Fish not squid bait
2020	Warraich N, Wyneken J, Blume N (2020) Feeding behavior and visual field differences in loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles may explain differences in longline fisheries interactions. Endangered Species Research 41:67–77. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01012	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Fish not squid bait
2005	Watson JW, Epperly SP, Shah AK, Foster DG (2005) Fishing methods to reduce sea turtle mortality associated with pelagic longlines. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 62:965–981. https://doi.org/10.1139/f05-004	LL, PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures
2009	Watson JT, Essington TE, Lennert-Cody CE, Hall MA (2009) Trade-Offs in the Design of Fishery Closures: Management of Silky Shark Bycatch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishery. Conservation Biology 23:626–635. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01121.x	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2006	Watson JW, Kerstetter DW (2006) Pelagic Longline Fishing Gear: A Brief History and Review of Research Efforts to Improve Selectivity. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:6–11. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353259	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Corrodible hooks Safe handling & release
2014	Watson J, Bigelow K (2014) Trade-offs among Catch, Bycatch, and Landed Value in the American Samoa Longline Fishery x. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC SC10-2014/EB-IP-09, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, p 12	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2004	Watson J, Epperly S, Garrison L, et al (2004) Rationale for rule making option to require 16/0 circle hooks in tuna directed pelagic longline fisheries to mitigate sea turtle mortality. NOAA NMFS-SEFSC	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait
2018	Watson RA, Tidd A (2018) Mapping nearly a century and a half of global marine fishing: 1869–2015. Marine Policy 93:171–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.023	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Data Harmonisation
2008	Waugh SM, Baker GB, Gales R, Croxall JP (2008) CCAMLR process of risk assessment to minimise the effects of longline fishing mortality on seabirds. Marine Policy 32:442–454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2007.08.011	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Fisheries Management Performance Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2008	Waugh SM, Filippi DP, Walker N, Kirby DS (2008) Preliminary results of an Ecological Risk Assessment for New Zealand fisheries interactions with seabirds and marine mammals. WCPFC, Port Moresby, PNG	LL	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Population Level Assessments Productivity Susceptibility Analysis Risk Analysis - Open Category
2009	Waugh SM (2009) Analysis of Seabird Measures. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Port Vila, Vanuatu	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2012	Waugh SM, Filippi DP, Kirby DS, et al (2012) Ecological Risk Assessment for seabird interactions in Western and Central Pacific longline fisheries. Marine Policy 36:933–946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.11.005	LL	Seabirds	Population Level Assessments Productivity Susceptibility Analysis
2017	WCPFC (2017) 2nd Meeting of the FAD Management Options Intersessional Working Group Summary Report. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/IWG-02, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, p 38	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Review and Planning
2010	WCPFC (2010) WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles - Chinese	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2018	WCPFC (2018) Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Sharks (Other Than Whale Sharks and Mantas/Mobulids) - Supplementary Information for CMM-2022-04-2	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2010	WCPFC (2010) WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles - Supplementary Information for CMM 2018-04	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2010	WCPFC (2010) WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles (Graphics) - Supplementary Information for CMM-2018-04	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	WCPFC (2019) Information on Safe Handling and Release of Seabirds - Supplementary Information for CMM-2018-03	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	WCPFC (2016) Guidelines for the safe release of encircled whale sharks - Supplementary Information for CMM 2022-04-01	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2023	WCPFC (2023) Best Practices for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans (Guidelines & Graphics) - Supplements to WCPFC CMM 2011-03-02	LL, PS	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2017	WCPFC (2017) Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Mantas & Mobulids - Supplement to CMM 2019-05	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Purse seine deck release devices Safe handling & release
2009	WCPFC SCS (2009) Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee Fifth Regular Session. WCPFC-SC5 GN-WP-13, Port Vila, Vanuatu	LL, PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2010	WCPFC SCS (2010) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2017	WCPFC Secretariat (2017) Request for consultation from the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/EB-IP-18, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2018	WCPFC Secretariat (2018) 4th Draft Consolidated Text for the Conservation and Management Measures for Sharks (for review by SC14). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/EB-WP-05, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes

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