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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2018	ICCAT Secretariat (2018) Report of the 3rd meeting of the ad hoc working on FADs. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:2108–2191	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	ICCAT Secretariat (2018) Report of the 2017 Intersessional meeting of the Sub-Committee on Ecosystems. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:3565–3638	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2017	ICCAT Shark Species Group (2017) Report of the 2016 intersessional meeting of the shark species group (Madeira, Portugal – April 25 to 29, 2016). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 73:2759–2809	LL	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2016	ICCAT S on E (2016) 2015 inter-sessional meeting of the Sub-committee on Ecosystems. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 72:1877–1948	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories 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	ICCAT S on E (2014) Report of the 2013 Inter-sessional meeting of the Sub-committee on Ecosystems. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 70:2129–2182	LL	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Review and Planning
2015	ICCAT S on E (2015) 2014 Inter-sessional Meeting of the Sub-committee on Ecosystems. CVSP 71:2805–2861	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2015	ICCAT WG (2015) Report of the 2014 Meeting of the Working Group for the Development of the SCRS Science Strategic Plan. CVSP 71:2987–3069	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes 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
2019	International Whaling Commission (2019) International Whaling Commission’s Bycatch Mitigation Initiative	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Review and Planning
2014	IOTC (2014) Report of the Indian Ocean Shark Year Program workshop (IO-ShYP01). IOTC–2014–IOShYP01– R[E], Olhão, Portugal		Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2023	IOTC Secretariat (2023) Progress made on the recommendations of WPEB18 and SC25. In: IOTC - 19th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC–2023–WPEB19–06, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion, France	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	IOTC Secretariat (2018) Review of current Conservation and Management Measures relating to Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2018-WPEB14-05, Cape Town, South Africa	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
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 Stock Assessments
2018	IOTC Secretariat (2018) Outcomes of the 20th Session of the Scientific Committee. In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. Cape Town, South Africa	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
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 & Chair (2022) Revision of the WPEB program of work (2023–2027). In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC–2022–WPEB18–09, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2009	IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC, Mombasa, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Line shooter Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2013	ISC Shark Working Group (2013) DRAFT Report of the Shark Working Groups (May 2012, January & April 2013). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 9th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC9-2013/ SA-WP-11a, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2023	ISC Shark Working Group (2023) Report of the SHARKWG Working Group Research and Modeling Improvement Workshop. In: 23rd Meeting of the ISC for Tuna & Tuna-like Species in the NPO. Kanazawa, Japan	GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Biological Parameters
2019	IWC (2019) Summary prepared for the IOTC 15th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch - Report of the IWC Workshop on Bycatch Mitigation Opportunities in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. In: IOTC - 15th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2019-WPEB15-43, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion Island	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2023	Jiménez S, Barrington JHS (2023) ACAP Review of Mitigation Measures and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - 11th Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG11 Doc 07, Edinburgh, UK	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2017	Jiménez S, Inoue Y, Acevedo Marquez C, et al (2017) Report of the workshop: Collaborative work to assess seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fleets (South Atlantic and Indian Oceans). 20 to 23 of June 2017, Montevideo, Uruguay. In: ACAP - Eighth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG8-Doc-INF07, Wellington, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	Joint Tuna RFMO FAD Working Group (2019) Report of the 2nd Meeting of the Joint Tuna RFMOs Working Group on FADs. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-WP-13, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Data Harmonisation Review and Planning

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