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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2020	WWF (2020) Guide for Handling and Safe Release in Gillnet Fisheries	GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2006	White WT, Giles J, Dharmadi, Potter IC (2006) Data on the bycatch fishery and reproductive biology of mobulid rays (Myliobatiformes) in Indonesia. Fisheries Research 82:65–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.008	GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2017	WCPFC Secretariat (2017) Best handling practices for the safe release of mantas and mobulids. In: WCPFC Commission Meeting - 14th Regular Session. WCPFC 14 Summary Report Attachment P, Manila, Philippines	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2013	Ward-Paige CA, Davis B, Worm B (2013) Global Population Trends and Human Use Patterns of Manta and Mobula Rays. PLOS ONE 8:e74835. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074835	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Demographic Analysis
2020	Tremblay-Boyer L, Berkenbusch K (2020) Data review and potential assessment approaches for Mobulids in the WCPO. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 16th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC16-2020/SA-IP-12, Electronic Meeting, p 56	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2018	Swimmer Y, Correia M (2018) Co-Chair’s Report: IATTC 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	Stewart J, Lezama-Ochoa N, Roman M, Hall M (2018) Mobulid rays in the eastern Pacific. In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. La Jolla, California, p 50	PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Species Identification
2020	Stewart J, Cronin M (2020) Mobulid rays in the Eastern Pacific: Post-release mortality and fishery-facilitated research. In: IATTC - 11th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-11 INF mobulid rays, Electronic Meeting	PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2018	Stewart JD, Jaine FRA, Armstrong AJ, et al (2018) Research Priorities to Support Effective Manta and Devil Ray Conservation. Front Mar Sci 5:. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00314	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection Data Harmonisation Species Identification Tagging Studies Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2019	Stevens G, Fernando D, Dando M, Sciara GND (2019) Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World. Princeton University Press	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2014	Scott MD, Hall M (2014) Proposals for safe release of bycatches of sea turtles and manta rays. In: IATTC - 5th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-05-03c, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
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
2018	Rice J (2018) Report for Project 78: Analysis of Observer and Logbook Data Pertaining to Key Shark Species in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ EB-WP-02, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Data Harmonisation Species Identification
2020	Razzaque SA, Moazzam Khan, Shahid U, et al (2020) Safe Handling & release for Gillnet Fisheries for Whale Shark, Manta & Devil Rays and Sea. In: IOTC - 16th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2020-WPEB16-26_Rev1, Online	GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2022	Puentes V, Mejía-Falla PA, Ramirez JG, et al (2022) Sharks and marine batoids management in Colombia: Policy instruments, management duty and implications for their populations and stakeholders. Marine Policy 145:105264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105264	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2009	Pianet R, Chavance P, Murua H, Delgado de Molina A (2009) Quantitative estimates of the by-catches of the main species of the purse seine fleet in the Indian ocean, 2003-2008. In: IOTC - 5th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. Mombasa, Kenya	PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2016	Pardo SA, Kindsvater HK, Cuevas-Zimbrón E, et al (2016) Growth, productivity and relative extinction risk of a data-sparse devil ray. Sci Rep 6:33745. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33745	PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2021	Palacios MD, Hoyos-Padilla EM, Trejo-Ramírez A, et al (2021) Description of first nursery area for a pygmy devil ray species (Mobula munkiana) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Sci Rep 11:132. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80506-8	PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Tagging Studies
2021	Murua J, Ferarios JM, Grande M, et al (2021) Developing solutions to increase survival rates of vulnerable bycatch species in tuna purse seine FAD fisheries. In: IOTC - 2nd ad hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC-2021-WGFAD02-11_rev1, Online	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic discrimination FAD design & management Purse seine deck release devices Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2022	Murua J, Ferarios JM, Grande M, et al (2022) Developing bycatch reduction devices in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries to improve elasmobranch release. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 79:212–228	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Purse seine deck release devices Safe handling & release
2022	Moreno G, Murua J, Cronin M, et al (2022) Addressing key research to inform Mobula rays conservation in the Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/EB-IP-16, Electronic Meeting	PS		Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Data Availability and Collection Species Identification
2023	Moreno G, Cronin M, Murua J, et al (2023) Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation in the Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 19th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC19-2023/EB-IP-09, Koror, Palau	PS		Mitigation Techniques Purse seine deck release devices Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Species Identification Tagging Studies
2022	Mobula Conservation Project (2022) Saving the Mobula Rays Poster: Eastern Pacific Ocean (English, Korean, Spanish)	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2021	Mobula Conservation Project (2021) Salvando a las rayas. Saving the Mobula Rays. Poster in Spanish and English	LL, PS, GN		Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2022	Mobula Conservation Project (2022) Saving the Mobular Rays Poster: Atlantic Ocean (English, French)	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification

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