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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2019	Zollett EA, Swimmer Y (2019) Safe handling practices to increase post-capture survival of cetaceans, sea turtles, seabirds, sharks, and billfish in tuna fisheries. Endangered Species Research 38:115–125. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00940	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality International & National Management Schemes
2011	WWF Coral Triangle Programme (2011) Towards the Adoption of Circle Hooks to Reduce Fisheries Bycatch in the Coral Triangle Region. WWF	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Safe handling & release
2019	WWF (2019) WWF Position Paper. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15 - NGO Paper, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2020	WWF (2020) Guide for Handling and Safe Release in Gillnet Fisheries	GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	Wosnick N, Niella YV, Navas CA, et al (2019) Multispecies thermal dynamics of air-exposed ectothermic sharks and its implications for fisheries conservation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 513:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.01.002	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2022	Wosnick N, Giareta EP, Leite RD, et al (2022) An overview on elasmobranch release as a bycatch mitigation strategy. ICES Journal of Marine Science fsac164. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac164	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Compliance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2021	Womersley F, Hancock J, Perry CT, Rowat D (2021) Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management. Conservation Physiology 9:. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa120	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	Wilson SM, Raby GD, Burnett NJ, et al (2014) Looking beyond the mortality of bycatch: sublethal effects of incidental capture on marine animals. Biological Conservation 171:61–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.020	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2015	Williard A, Parga M, Sagarminaga R, Swimmer Y (2015) Physiological ramifications for loggerhead turtles captured in pelagic longlines. Biology Letters 11:20150607. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0607	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2011	Whoriskey S, Arauz R, Baum JK (2011) Potential impacts of emerging mahi-mahi fisheries on sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch species. Biological Conservation 144:1841–1849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.021	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Soak duration
2009	Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (2009) Proceedings of the Fourth International Fishers Forum. Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council and Costa Rica Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute, Puntarenas, Costa Rica	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures
2011	Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (2011) Amendment 5 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region - Measures to Reduce Interactions between the American Samoa Longline Fishery and Green Sea Turtles. Including an Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Impact Review. WPRFMC, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL, PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2017	WCPFC Secretariat (2017) Best handling practices for the safe release of mantas and mobulids. In: WCPFC Commission Meeting - 14th Regular Session. WCPFC 14 Summary Report Attachment P, Manila, Philippines	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2022	WCPFC Secretariat (2022) Graphics for Best Practices for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans (Draft). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/EB-IP-12, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2009	WCPFC SCS (2009) Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee Fifth Regular Session. WCPFC-SC5 GN-WP-13, Port Vila, Vanuatu	LL, PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2017	WCPFC (2017) Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Mantas & Mobulids - Supplement to CMM 2019-05	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Purse seine deck release devices Safe handling & release
2010	WCPFC (2010) WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles (Graphics) - Supplementary Information for CMM-2018-04	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2023	WCPFC (2023) Best Practices for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans (Guidelines & Graphics) - Supplements to WCPFC CMM 2011-03-02	LL, PS	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2010	WCPFC (2010) WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles - Supplementary Information for CMM 2018-04	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2018	WCPFC (2018) Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Sharks (Other Than Whale Sharks and Mantas/Mobulids) - Supplementary Information for CMM-2022-04-2	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	WCPFC (2016) Guidelines for the safe release of encircled whale sharks - Supplementary Information for CMM 2022-04-01	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2010	WCPFC (2010) WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles - Chinese	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	WCPFC (2019) Information on Safe Handling and Release of Seabirds - Supplementary Information for CMM-2018-03	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2006	Watson JW, Kerstetter DW (2006) Pelagic Longline Fishing Gear: A Brief History and Review of Research Efforts to Improve Selectivity. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:6–11. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353259	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Corrodible hooks Safe handling & release
2018	Ward TM, Ivey A, Carroll J (2018) Code of practice for reducing accidental mortality of dolphins in purse-seine fisheries. Marine Policy 87:203–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.032	PS	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Backdown procedure and Medina panel Safe handling & release Management Categories Compliance

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