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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2012	Anon (2012) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Action Plan for reducing incidental catches of seabirds in fishing gears	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Artificial bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2012	ACAP (2012) Review of Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Pelagic Longline Fisheries. WCPFC, Busan, Republic of Korea, p 20	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Branchline (snood) hauler Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2012	Gandini P, Frere E (2012) The economic cost of seabird bycatch in Argentinean longline fisheries. Bird Conservation International 22:59–65. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270911000219	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2011	Gianuca D, Peppes FV, Cesar JH, et al (2011) The effect of leaded swivel position and light toriline on bird attack rates in Brazilian pelagic longline. In: Agenda Item 1. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 18	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Birdlife International (2011) Developments in experimental mitigation research - Pelagic longline fisheries in Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay. ACAP, Fourth Meeting of the ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Doc 9.	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2011	ACAP (2011) AC5 Annex 6 Review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longline fisheries. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 12	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2011	Løkkeborg S (2011) Best practices to mitigate seabird bycatch in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries - efficiency and practical applicability. Marine Ecology Progress Series 435:285–303. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09227	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Sub-surface gillnets Underwater setting techniques Visual alerts for gillnets - other
2011	ACAP (2011) AC5 Annex 7: Summary advice statement for reducing impact of pelagic longline gear on seabirds. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 6	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Huang H-W (2011) Bycatch of high sea longline fisheries and measures taken by Taiwan: Actions and challenges. Marine Policy 35:712–720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.02.012	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Safe handling & release Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2011	Melvin E, Guy T (2011) A Draft Seabird Bycatch Conservation Measure for Tuna Commissions. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Guayaquil, Equador	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Melvin E, Guy T, Sato N (2011) Preliminary Report of 2010 Weighted Branchline Trials in the Tuna Joint Venture Fishery in the South African EEZ. In: Fourth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 18	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Double-weight branchlines Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2011	Yokota K, Minami H, Kiyota M (2011) Effectiveness of tori-lines for further reduction of incidental catch of seabirds in pelagic longline fisheries. Fisheries Science 77:479–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-011-0357-4	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Streamer (tori) lines
2010	Melvin E, Guy T, Read LB (2010) Shrink and defend: A comparison of two streamer line designs in the 2009 South Africa Tuna Fishery. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
2010	Papworth W (2010) Options for Differential Management and Monitoring of Seabird Bycatch. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	Huang H-W, Liu K-M (2010) Bycatch and discards by Taiwanese large-scale tuna longline fleets in the Indian Ocean. Fisheries Research 106:261–270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2010.08.005	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
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
2010	Reid E, Sullivan B, Clark J (2010) Mitigation of seabird captures during hauling in CCAMLR longline fisheries. CCAMLR Science 17:155–162	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Streamer (tori) lines
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
2010	ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group (2010) Best Practice Technical Guidelines - Summary Advice Statement for reducing impact of pelagic longline gear on seabirds. 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 Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	Sato N, Ochi D, Minami H, et al (2010) Experimental Comparison among Four Types Tori-Line Designs in the Western North Pacific. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Streamer (tori) lines
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
2009	ACAP (2009) Mitigation measures for pelagic longline gear: a report on the work of the seabird bycatch working group, agreement on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels. ACAP	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2009	Melvin EF, Heinecken C, Guy TJ (2009) Optimizing tori line designs for pelagic tuna longline fisheries: South Africa. Washington Sea Grant, Seattle, Washington	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line weighting & bait sink rate Streamer (tori) lines
2009	Melvin EF, Guy TJ, Rose B (2009) Branchline Weighting on Two Japanese Joint Venture Vessels Participating in the 2009 South African Tuna Fishery: A Preliminary Report	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines
2009	IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC, Mombasa, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Line shooter Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments

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