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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
2021	Bonhommeau S (2021) Report of 2021 Meeting on collaborative activities for cetacean bycatch, IOTC-IWC. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-29, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2019	BMIS Coordinator (2019) BMIS ‘RFMO Portal’ Libraries in Zotero – how to join and use them			Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2017	Birdlife South Africa (2017) Update on the seabird component of the Common Oceans Tuna Project. In: ACAP - Eighth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG8-Doc-INF03, Wellington, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2021	Birdlife International (2021) Tackling the bycatch of Marine Megafauna in global gillnet fisheries	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
2023	Birdlife International (2023) Seabird Tracking Database: A platform for seabird researchers to share their tracking data with the research and conservation communities	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Tagging Studies
2016	Barnes ML, Lynham J, Kalberg K, Leung P (2016) Social networks and environmental outcomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113:6466–6471. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1523245113	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2019	Ayala L, Ortiz M, Gelcich S (2019) Exploring the role of fishers knowledge in assessing marine megafauna bycatch: insights from the Peruvian longline artisanal fishery. Animal Conservation 22:251–261. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12460	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
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
2023	Anon (2023) Report of the Blue Shark Stock Assessment Meeting (hybrid/Madrid, Spain, 17-21 July 2023). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 80:379–527	LL	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
1994	Alverson DL (ed) (1994) A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2017	Alexander L, Agyekumhene A, Allman P (2017) The Role of Taboos in the Protection and Recovery of Sea Turtles. In: IOTC - 13th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF-14, San Sebastián, Spain	LL	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2019	ACAP SBWG Intersessional Group (2019) Drivers and barriers in the uptake of seabird bycatch mitigation measures and related conservation actions. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP SBWG9 Doc 10 Rev 1, Florianópolis, Brazil	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Compliance Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
2014	ACAP (2014) Best Practice Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Criteria and Definition. In: ACAP Eighth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. AC8 Doc 12 Rev 1, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL, PS	Seabirds	Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange

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