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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2014	Scientific Advisory Committee I (2014) Recommendations by the Staff for Conservation Measures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, 2014	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Gear configuration - other Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Species Identification
2014	Watson J, Bigelow K (2014) Trade-offs among Catch, Bycatch, and Landed Value in the American Samoa Longline Fishery x. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC SC10-2014/EB-IP-09, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, p 12	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2014	Senko J, White ER, Heppell SS, Gerber LR (2014) Comparing bycatch mitigation strategies for vulnerable marine megafauna. Anim Conserv 17:5–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12051	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2014	Latitude 42 ECPL, Baker GB, Goad, D., et al (2014) Kellian Line Setter Sea Trials Initial Performance Testing. for Department of Conservation NZ, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Underwater setting techniques
2011	Afonso AS, Hazin FHV, Carvalho F, et al (2011) Fishing gear modifications to reduce elasmobranch mortality in pelagic and bottom longline fisheries off Northeast Brazil. Fisheries Research 108:336–343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.007	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2009	Beverly S, Curran D, Musyl M, Molony B (2009) Effects of eliminating shallow hooks from tuna longline sets on target and non-target species in the Hawaii-based pelagic tuna fishery. Fisheries Research 96:281–288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2008.12.010	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2009	Thorpe T, Frierson D (2009) Bycatch mitigation assessment for sharks caught in coastal anchored gillnets. Fisheries Research 98:102–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2009.04.003	GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other
2008	Mandelman JW, Cooper PW, Werner TB, Lagueux KM (2008) Shark bycatch and depredation in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 18:427–442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-008-9084-z	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Chemical deterrents or attractants Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Monofilament / Wire Leaders Safe handling & release Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures
2007	Seco Pon JP, Gandini PA, Favero M (2007) Effect of longline configuration on seabird mortality in the Argentine semi-pelagic Kingclip Genypterus blacodes fishery. Fisheries Research 85:101–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2007.01.002	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Line weighting & bait sink rate
2007	IOTC Secretariat (2007) Workshop on the Depredation in the Tuna Longline Fisheries in the Indian Ocean 2007. IOTC, Seychelles	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Depredation Mitigation Device Gear configuration - other Pingers - acoustic alarms Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
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
2005	Hall S J, Mainprize B M (2005) Managing by-catch and discards: how much progress are we making and how can we do better? Fish and Fisheries 6:134–155	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes
1999	Melvin EF, Parrish JK, Conquest LL (1999) Novel Tools to Reduce Seabird Bycatch in Coastal Gillnet Fisheries. Conservation Biology 13:1386–1397. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98426.x	GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Spatial & temporal measures Visual alerts for gillnets - other

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