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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2010	ISSF (2010) ISSF Meeting on mitigation of by-catches in the Tuna Purse seine Floating Object fisheries: Sukarrieta, Spain 24-27 Nov 2009. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Acoustic discrimination Chemical deterrents or attractants FAD design & management Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Safe handling & release
2015	ISSF (2015) Sea turtle handling and hook removal	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Purse Seine Bycatch Mitigation and Handling (multiple languages), 3rd edn. ISSF, Washington, D.C., USA.	PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2016	ISSF (2016) Longline Fisheries - Bycatch Mitigation for Seabirds: Hook Removal Practices	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Manipulación de las tortugas marinas y la extracción de anzuelos / Sea turtle handling and hook removal	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Mitigation of Silky Shark Bycatch in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries. In: IOTC - 12th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2016-WPEB12-39, Seychelles	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Purse Seine Fisheries -- Bycatch Mitigation for Sharks: Handling & Release Part II	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Protecting Sharks: Reducing Shark Bycatch in Purse Seine Fisheries	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Longline Fisheries - Bycatch Mitigation for Seabirds: Hook Removal Equipment	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Purse Seine Fisheries -- Bycatch Mitigation for Sharks: Handling & Release Part III	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2011	ISSF Scientific committee (2011) Second meeting of the Scientific Committee of the ISSF Bycatch PS project. ISSF, San Diego, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2012	Itano, David, Muir J, Hutchinson M, Leroy B (2012) Development and Testing Release Panel Sharks and Non-target Finfish in Purse Seine gear. WCPFC, Busan, Republic of Korea	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2011	Itano D, Restrepo V (2011) Status of the Purse Seine Bycatch Mitigation Project and research cruises funded by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation with notes on the development of best practices for the live release of encircled animals. WCPFC, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Chemical deterrents or attractants FAD design & management Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures
2012	Itano, D., Holland, K., Hampton, J. (2012) ISSF Purse Seine Bycatch Mitigation - WCPO Research Cruise Protocols. ISSF, Hawaii	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Night / day setting Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2005	Johnson A, Salvador G, Kenney J, et al (2005) Fishing gear involved in entanglements of right and humpback whales. Mar Mam Sci 21:635–645	GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Safe handling & release
2017	Jones E, Francis M (2017) Protected rays – occurrence and development of mitigation methods in the New Zealand tuna purse seine fishery. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/EB-IP-12, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2019	Justel-Rubio A, Swimmer Y, Hutchinson M (2019) Graphics for best handling practices for the safe release of sharks. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-WP-14, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, p 10	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2007	Kerstetter DW, Pacheco JC, Hazin FH, et al (2007) Preliminary results of circle and J-style hook comparisons in the Brazilian pelagic longline fishery. COLLECT VOL SCI PAP ICCAT 6:2140–2147	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release
2004	King M, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fisheries Training Section (2004) Protected marine species and the tuna longline fishery in the Pacific Islands. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Side-setting Underwater setting techniques
2000	Kiyota M, Yokota K, Nobetsu T, et al (2000) Assessment of mitigation measures to reduce interactions between sea turtles and longline fishery. In: Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on SEASTER. pp p24–29	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Safe handling & release
2006	Kobayashi D, Fisheries UN, Fisheries PI, et al (2006) Analyses of Observer Program Data for the Hawaii-Based Longline Swordfish Fishery. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Night / day setting Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Vessel-specific management
2007	Kondel J, Rusin J (2007) Report of the 2nd Workshop on Bycatch Reduction in the ETP Purse-Seine Fishery. Southwest Regional Office NMFS NOAA and SW Fisheries Sceince Center, California, USA	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures
2009	Lack M, Meere F (2009) Regional Plan of Action for Sharks: Guidance for Pacific Island Countries and Territories on the Conservation and Management of Sharks	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Chemical deterrents or attractants Circle hooks Corrodible hooks Deep / shallow setting FAD design & management Fish not squid bait Lightsticks / light attractors Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Safe handling & release Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2018	Leaper R, Calderan S (2018) Review of methods used to reduce risks of cetacean bycatch and entanglements. CMS Technical Series Publication No. 38. UNEP/CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Pingers - acoustic alarms Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Weak Hooks Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2013	LeDain MRK, Larocque SM, Stoot LJ, et al (2013) Assisted Recovery Following Prolonged Submergence in Fishing Nets Can Be Beneficial to Turtles: An Assessment with Blood Physiology and Reflex Impairment. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12:172–177. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1022.1	PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release

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