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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2012	Fritsches KA (2012) Australian Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings do not avoid yellow. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 45:79–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2012.690576	LL, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Lightsticks / light attractors Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2007	Gilman E, Moth-Poulsen T, Bianchi G (2007) Review of measures taken by intergovernmental organizations to address sea turtle and seabird interactions in marine capture fisheries. Food & Agriculture Org.	LL, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
2013	Nel R, Wanless RM, Angel A, et al (2013) Ecological Risk Assessment and Productivity - Susceptibility Analysis of sea turtles overlapping with fisheries in the IOTC region. IOTC, La Reunion, France	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Population Level Assessments Productivity Susceptibility Analysis
2017	Okamoto K, Oshima K (2017) Bycatch records of sea turtles obtained through Japanese Observer Program in the IOTC Convention Area. In: IOTC - 13th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2017-WPEB13-37, San Sebastián, Spain	LL	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2016	Riskas KA, Fuentes MMPB, Hamann M (2016) Justifying the need for collaborative management of fisheries bycatch: A lesson from marine turtles in Australia. Biological Conservation 196:40–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.02.001	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Fisheries Management Performance

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