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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2001	Melvin EF, Parrish JK, Dietrich KS, Hamel OS (2001) Solutions to seabird bycatch in Alaska’s demersal longline fisheries. Washington Sea Grant Program., Seattle, Washington	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Vessel-specific management
1997	Bergin A (1997) Albatross and longlining - Managing seabird bycatch. Marine Policy 21:63–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-597X(96)00040-1	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2023	Melvin EF, Wolfaardt A, Crawford R, et al (2023) Chapter 17 - Bycatch reduction. In: Young L, VanderWerf E (eds) Conservation of Marine Birds. Academic Press, pp 457–496	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2023	ACAP (2023) Updated ACAP Advice on Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in IOTC Pelagic Longline Fisheries. In: IOTC - 19th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2023-WPEB19-29, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion, France	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes
2021	Collins MA, Hollyman PR, Clark J, et al (2021) Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3). Marine Policy 131:104618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104618	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Brickle curtain Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines
2021	Jimenez S, Debski I, Seco Pon JP (2021) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-30, Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2018	Common Oceans (ABNJ) Tuna Project (2018) Report of the Workshop on WCPFC Bycatch Mitigation Problem-Solving 28-30 May 2018, Noumea, New Caledonia. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/EB-WP-12, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Safe handling & release Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality
2014	Clarke SC, Sato M, Small C, et al (2014) Bycatch in longline fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: A global review of status and mitigation measures. FAO, Rome	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2007	Cox TM, Lewison RL, Zydelis R, et al (2007) Comparing Effectiveness of Experimental and Implemented Bycatch Reduction Measures: the Ideal and the Real. Conservation Biology 21:1155–1164. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00772.x	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2006	Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) W (2006) Information on Seabird Mitigation Measures of Other RFMOs. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Branchline (snood) hauler Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines
2003	Kellian D (2003) New Zealand northern tuna fleet: report of advisory officer--seabird/fisheries interactions, 2001/02. Dept. of Conservation, Wellington, N.Z.	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Fish not squid bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2001	Chapman L (2001) Bycatch in the tuna longline fishery. Secretariat of the Pacific, Noumea, New Caledonia	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines
2018	Birdlife International (2018) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets / Ending Seabird Bycatch. In: Birdlife International partnership for nature and people. http://www.birdlife.org/bycatch. Accessed 5 Nov 2014	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Branchline (snood) hauler Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
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
2008	Løkkeborg S (2008) Review and assessment of mitigation measures to reduce incidental catch of seabirds in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2007	National Marine Fisheries Service (2007) Guide for complying with regulations to reduce interactions between seabirds and Hawaii-based longline vessels. WCPFC SC3/ EB IP-10, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines
2006	Stobutzki I, Lawrence E, Bensley N, Norris W (2006) Bycatch mitigation approaches in Australia’s eastern tuna and billfish fishery: Seabirds, turtles, marine mammals, sharks, and non-target fish,. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Circle hooks Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines
2005	Gilman E, Brothers N, Kobayashi DR (2005) Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries. Fish Fish 6:35–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2679.2005.00175.x	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2001	Melvin EF, Parrish JK (eds) (2001) Seabird bycatch: trends, roadblocks, and solutions. Proceedings of the Symposium 26-27 February 1999. University of Alaska Sea Grant, Fairbanks, Alaska	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Visual alerts for gillnets - other
1999	Brothers N, Gales R, Reid T (1999) The influence of environmental variables and mitigation measures on seabird catch rates in the Japanese tuna longline fishery within the Australian Fishing Zone, 1991-1995. Biological Conservation 88:85–101. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00085-8	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line weighting & bait sink rate Magnetic, E+ metals, electrical deterrents Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Vessel-specific management
2019	ACAP (2019) Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. In: ACAP - Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee. AC11 Doc 10, Florianópolis, Brazil	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Safe handling & release Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Longline Skippers’ Guidebook (English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalong, Vietnamese), 2nd edn. ISSF, Washington DC USA	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Double-weight branchlines Fish not squid bait Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Species Identification
2014	IATTC SAC (2014) Best Practice Advice to Reduce the Bycatch of Seabirds in the Convention Area	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Double-weight branchlines Dyed bait Line shooter Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group (2010) Annex 5: Review of Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Pelagic Longline Fisheries. In: ACAP - Third Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP, Mar del Plata, Argentina	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	NOAA Fisheries Service (2010) Reducing and Mitigating Interactions between Seabirds and Hawaii-Based Longline Fishing	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines

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