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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2024	Baker GB, Komyakova V, Wellbelove A, et al (2024) The implementation of ACAP Best Practice Advice to mitigate seabird bycatch in fisheries: Issues and options. Marine Policy 160:105879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105879	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2017	Avery JD, Aagaard K, Burkhalter JC, Robinson OJ (2017) Seabird longline bycatch reduction devices increase target catch while reducing bycatch: A meta-analysis. Journal for Nature Conservation 38:37–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2017.05.004	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2022	Australian Government (2022) Developing a multi-year Seabird Strategy. In: CCSBT - 14th Meeting of the Ecologically Related Species Working Group. CCSBT-ERS/2203/10, Online	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques Review and Planning
2021	ACAP, Birdlife International (2021) Practical information on measures to mitigate seabird bycatch in fisheries: Introduction to the series of Factsheets	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2007	ACAP (2007) Report of the First Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Valdivia, Chile 17-18 June 2007. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Valdivia, Chile	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2022	ACAP (2022) Conservation Status of Albatrosses and Petrels and Advice on Reducing their Bycatch in IOTC Longline Fisheries. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-25, Online	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques

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