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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2012	Sullivan BJ, Kibel P, Robertson G, et al (2012) Safe Leads for safe heads: safer line weights for pelagic longline fisheries. Fisheries Research 134–136:125–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.07.024	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads)
2020	Swimmer Y, Zollett E, Gutierrez A (2020) Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries. Endang Species Res 43:517–542. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01069	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Depredation Mitigation Device Fish not squid bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Weak Hooks Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2012	Tosatto M D (2012) Biological Opinion of the US Fish and Wildlife Service for the Operation of Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Fisheries, Shallow Set and Deep Set, Hawaii. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Hawaii	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting
2014	USA (2014) Seabird Bycatch During Gear Retreival in a Pelagic Longline Fishery. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Line weighting & bait sink rate
2010	WCPFC SCS (2010) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
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
2004	Wienecke B, Robertson G (2004) Validation of sink rates of longlines measured using two different methods. CCAMLR Science 11:179–187	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate
2018	Wolfaardt A, ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group (2018) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds \| IOTC. In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2018-WPEB14-26, Cape Town, South Africa	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines
2023	Yeh Y-M, Huang H-W, Liao H-C (2023) Bird-scaring lines with weighted branch lines reduce seabird bycatch in Southeastern Atlantic longline fishery. In: ACAP - 11th Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG11 Doc 11, Edinburgh, UK	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2020	Zhou C, Brothers N, Arrington-Bowder J, Jiao Y (2020) Species ranking of seabird bait-taking capability	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category

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