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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2014	Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Wiedoff B, Willson J (2014) Mitigating Seabird Bycatch during Hauling by Pelagic Longline Vessels. PLOS ONE 9:e84499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084499	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Branchline (snood) hauler Brickle curtain Dyed bait Gear configuration - other Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2022	Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Benaka LR, et al (2022) Phylogeny explains capture mortality of sharks and rays in pelagic longline fisheries: a global meta-analytic synthesis. Sci Rep 12:18164. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21976-w	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Gear configuration - other Safe handling & release Soak duration Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Shark Finning Restrictions Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2015	Garibaldi F (2015) By-catch in the mesopelagic swordfish longline fishery in the Ligurian Sea (western Mediterranean). ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 71:1495–1498	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other
2020	FAO (2020) Report of the Expert Meeting to Develop Technical Guidelines to Reduce Bycatch of Marine Mammals in Capture Fisheries. Rome, Italy, 17–19 September 2019. Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1289. FAO, Rome, Italy	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Gear configuration - other Pingers - acoustic alarms Spatial & temporal measures Sub-surface gillnets Weak Hooks Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
2021	Fader JE, Elliott BW, Read AJ (2021) The Challenges of Managing Depredation and Bycatch of Toothed Whales in Pelagic Longline Fisheries: Two U.S. Case Studies. Front Mar Sci 8:. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.618031	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Depredation Mitigation Device Gear configuration - other Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Weak Hooks Management Categories Compliance International & National Management Schemes
2017	Common Oceans (ABNJ) Tuna Project (2017) Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/EB-WP-10, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Night / day setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2022	CLean Catch UK (2022) Hauling Up Solutions 2: Exploring new ways to expand the wildlife bycatch-reduction toolkit. Final Workshop Report, Plymouth, UK	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Decoys Gear configuration - other
2016	Clarke S, Peatman T, Caillot S (2016) Results from the First WCPFC Workshop on Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness. WCPFC, Bali, Indonesia	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Gear configuration - other Night / day setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2023	Choi K-S, Jo H-S, Kang M (2023) Investigation on bycatch reduction methods of marine mammals for fishing with gill net, trap, trawl, stow net and set net. J Korean Soc Fish Technol 59:279–289. https://doi.org/10.3796/KSFOT.2023.59.4.279	GN	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Pingers - acoustic alarms Safe handling & release Visual alerts for gillnets - other Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
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
2020	Berninsone LG, Bordino P, Gnecco M, et al (2020) Switching Gillnets to Longlines: An Alternative to Mitigate the Bycatch of Franciscana Dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis
2018	Almeida, Ameryk A, Campos B, et al (2018) Study on mitigation measures to minimise seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries. European Maritime and Fisheries Fund	GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Gear configuration - other Spatial & temporal measures Sub-surface gillnets Visual alerts for gillnets - other
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

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