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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2021	Zhou S, Dunn M, Williams A (2021) Appropriate Limit Reference Points for WCPO Elasmobranchs. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 17th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC17-2021/MI-WP-07 (WCPFC-SC16-2020/MI-IP-21), Electronic Meeting	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2017	Zainudin IM, Patria MP, Rahardjo P, et al (2017) Bycatch of sharks, marine mammals and seabirds in Indonesian Tuna Longline Fishery. 1 18:1179–1189	LL	Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Night / day setting Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2020	WWF (2020) Guide for Handling and Safe Release in Gillnet Fisheries	GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2021	Womersley F, Hancock J, Perry CT, Rowat D (2021) Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management. Conservation Physiology 9:. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa120	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2013	Westmeyer M (2013) SFP Best Practices Report: Minimizing and managing the impacts of fisheries on bycatch of protected, endangered, and threatened species. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Fisheries Management Performance
2016	WCPFC (2016) Guidelines for the safe release of encircled whale sharks - Supplementary Information for CMM 2022-04-01	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2018	WCPFC (2018) Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Sharks (Other Than Whale Sharks and Mantas/Mobulids) - Supplementary Information for CMM-2022-04-2	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2022	Wain G, Maufroy A, Goujon M (2022) An update on best practices onboard French and Italian tropical tuna purse seiners of the Atlantic and Indian oceans: outcomes and ongoing projects. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-23, Online	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Data Availability and Collection E-monitoring
2023	Wain G, Maufroy A (2023) An update on best practices onboard french tropical tuna purse seiners of the Atlantic ocean. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 80:139–154	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Purse seine deck release devices Safe handling & release Management Categories Compliance Data Availability and Collection
2000	Visser IN (2000) Killer whale (Orcinus orca) interactions with longline fisheries in New Zealand waters. Aquat Mamm 26:241–252	LL	Marine Mammals	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic deterrents and attractors Spatial & temporal measures
2024	Talwar BS, Brooks EJ, Abercrombie DL, et al (2024) Insights into the Relative Abundance, Life History, and Ecology of Oceanic Sharks in the Eastern Bahamas. Sustainability 16:200. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010200	LL	Marine Mammals, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Demographic Analysis
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
2017	SPC, WCPFC (2017) Report of the Expert Workshop on Shark Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies: Review of Best Practice and Survey Design. Wellington, New Zealand	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies
2022	SPC-OFP (2022) Progress against the 2021-2025 Shark Research Plan (SC18). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/EB-IP-04, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2012	SPC (2012) Summary Information on Whale Shark and Cetacean Interactions in the Tropical WCPFC Purse Seine Fishery. WCPFC, Tumon, Guam, p 12	PS	Marine Mammals, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2022	Sosa-Nishizaki O, Castillo-Géniz JL, Benitez-Diaz H (2022) Conservación, uso y aprovechamiento sustentable de tiburones mexicanos listados en la CITES. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mexico	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2016	Shahid U, Moazzam Khan M, Nawaz R, et al (2016) Bycatch analysis of tuna gillnet fisheries of Pakistan: An analysis of bycatch data from 2013-2015. In: IOTC - 12th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC‐2016‐WEPB12‐INF11, Seychelles	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2021	Secretariat, SPC-OFP (2021) Progress against the 2021-2025 Shark Research Plan (SC17). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 17th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC17-2021/EB-IP-02, Electronic Meeting	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
1998	Secchi ER, Vaske Jr. T (1998) Killer whale (Orcinus orca) sightings and depredation on tuna and swordfish longline catches in southern Brazil. Aquatic Mammals 24:117–122	LL	Marine Mammals	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2012	SC8 Informal Small Group (2012) Guidelines for the Safe Release of Encircled Animals, including Whale Sharks. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 8th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC8 EB-WP-19, Busan, Republic of Korea, p 5	PS	Marine Mammals, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2018	Ryan JP, Green JR, Espinoza E, Hearn AR (2018) Correction: Association of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) with thermo-biological frontal systems of the eastern tropical Pacific. PLOS ONE 13:e0196443. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196443	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Tagging Studies
2017	Ryan JP, Green JR, Espinoza E, Hearn AR (2017) Association of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) with thermo-biological frontal systems of the eastern tropical Pacific. PLOS ONE 12:e0182599. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182599	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Tagging Studies
2002	Romanov EV (2002) Bycatch in the tuna purse-seine fisheries of the western Indian Ocean. Fishery Bulletin 100:90–105	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2018	Román MH, Aires-da-Silva A, Vogel NW (2018) Whale shark interactions with the tuna purse-seine fishery in the eastern Pacific ocean: summary and analysis of available data. In: IATTC - 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Bycatch. La Jolla, California, p 13	PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection
2015	Rice J, Tremblay-Boyer L, Scott R, et al (2015) Analysis of stock status and related indicators for key shark species fo the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. WCPFC SC11, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices

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