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References (scientific & technical literature) encompass seabird, sea turtle, shark & ray, & marine mammal bycatch mitigation & management in oceanic tuna & billfish fisheries (longline, purse seine & gillnet). Formats include journal articles, meeting papers, infographics, illustrated handling & identification guides, factsheets, videos, books, brochures...

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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2024	Arcangeli A, Azzolin M, Babey L, et al (2024) Looking for reliable species distribution models for low-density cetacean species: Compared effectiveness of SDMs for G. griseus, G. melas, Z. cavirostris in the Mediterranean Sea based on long-term fixed-transect data. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34:e4115. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4115	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2022	Araújo H, Correia-Rodrigues P, Debru P, et al (2022) Balearic shearwater and northern gannet bycatch risk assessment in Portuguese Continental Waters. Biological Conservation 267:109463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109463	LL, PS	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2017	Aranda M (2017) Description of tuna gillnet capacity and bycatch in the IOTC Convention Area. In: IOTC - 13th Working Party on Data Collection and Statistics. IOTC-2017-WPEB13-18, Mahe, Seychelles	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2005	Apostolaki P, Cortés E, Babcock E, et al (2005) Use of an age-structured model for the stock assessment of blue shark in the north Atlantic. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 58:1001–1018	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2019	Ansy MNP (2019) Pelagic sharks by-catch in Indian tuna fishery in 2018. In: IOTC - 15th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2019-WPEB15-45_Rev1, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion Island	LL, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2015	Anonymous (2015) Report of the Tuna RFMO Expert Working Group: Harmonisation of Longline Bycatch Data Collected by Tuna RFMOs, 27-29 January, Keelung, Taiwan. ISSF Technical Report 2015-08, Washington DC USA	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Harmonisation E-monitoring
2012	Anonymous (2012) Canadian swordfish awarded MSC certification	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2016	Anonymous (2016) Summary report of the International Workshop on Application of Electronic Monitoring Systems in Tuna Longline Fisheries. ISSF Technical Report 2016-07, Washington DC USA	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2010	Anonymous (2010) Kobe II Bycatch Workshop - Marine Mammal. IOTC, Seychelles	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2015	Anonymous (2015) The Seychelles NPOA for Sharks 2007-2010 Review. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal		Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2015	Anonymous (2015) Status of the WCPFC with ER/EM Reporting	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2012	Anonymous (2012) KOBE III Bycatch Joint Technical Working Group: Harmonisation of Purse-seine Data Collected by Tuna-RFMO Observer Programmes. ISSF Technical Report 2012-12. International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA.	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Harmonisation
2023	Anonymous (2023) ISSF workshop on different approaches to limit the number of FADs in the oceans. ISSF Technical Report 2023-03, San Diego, California, USA	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
	Anonymous Report of the sub-group on electronic monitoring systems: proposal of ICCAT minimum technical standards for EMS in purse seine fisheries targeting tropical tunas	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2012	Anon (2012) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Action Plan for reducing incidental catches of seabirds in fishing gears	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Artificial bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2013	Anon (2013) Bycatch Management	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2014	Anon (2014) Ghosts of the Indian Ocean - Olive Ridley Project	PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2015	Anon (2015) Report of Japan’s Scientific Observer Program for Tuna Longline Fishery in the Atlantic Ocean in the Fishing years of 2012 and 2013. CVSP 71:3106–3116	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2017	Anon (2017) Recommendations of the Working Group on Bycatch. In: IATTC - 7th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. IATTC-BYC-Recommendations, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays
2017	Anon (2017) Summary of IATTC Dolphin Workshop. In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC-SAC-08-05f, La Jolla, California	PS	Marine Mammals	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2017	Anon (2017) Ecosystem Considerations. In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC-SAC-08-07a, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Fisheries Management Performance Population Level Assessments Productivity Susceptibility Analysis
2017	Anon (2017) IATTC Ad Hoc Working Group On FADs - Second Meeting (First Part). In: IATTC - 2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. FAD-02(1), La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2017	Anon (2017) IATTC - 7th meeting of the Bycatch Working Group. In: IATTC - 7th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. La Jolla, California
2012	Anon. (2012) Methods for longline fishers to safely handle and release unwanted sharks and rays = 延绳钓捕捞者对误捕的鲨鱼或鳐鱼等海洋动物的安全处理指引和放生方法 English & Chinese	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2018	Anon. (2018) Report of the 2018 intersessional meeting of the shark species group (Madrid, Spain, 2-6 July 2018). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 75:357–434	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning

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