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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2015	Werner TB, Northridge S, Press KM, Young N (2015) Mitigating bycatch and depredation of marine mammals in longline fisheries. ICES J Mar Sci 72:1576–1586. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv092	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Chemical deterrents or attractants Decoys Depredation Mitigation Device Gear configuration - other Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Night / day setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Weak Hooks
2006	Werner T, Kraus S, Read A, Zollett E (2006) Fishing Techniques to Reduce the Bycatch of Threatened Marine Animals. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:50–68. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353204	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Acoustic deterrents and attractors Artificial bait Backdown procedure and Medina panel Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Soak duration Streamer (tori) lines Water cannon or fire hose Weak Hooks
2021	Whitney NM, Lear KO, Morris JJ, et al (2021) Connecting post-release mortality to the physiological stress response of large coastal sharks in a commercial longline fishery. PLoS ONE 16:e0255673. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255673	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Soak duration Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies
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
2006	Yokota K, Minami H, Nobetsu T (2006) Research on mitigation of the interaction of sea turtle with pelagic longline fishery in the western North Pacific. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on SEASTAR2000 and Asian Bio-logging Science (The 7th SEASTAR2000 workshop). SeaStar 2000 workshop, p 7	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Soak duration

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