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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2019	ACAP (2019) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds WCPFC. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-IP-03, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Haul mitigation Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lasers Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2014	ACAP (2014) Best Practice Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Criteria and Definition. In: ACAP Eighth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. AC8 Doc 12 Rev 1, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL, PS	Seabirds	Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2013	ACAP (2013) Report of Seabird Bycatch Working Group Rev 2. Includes: Annex 2 ACAP review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longline fisheries; Annex 3 ACAP Summary Advice for Reducing Impact of Pelagic Longlines on Seabirds. In: Seventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee, La Rochelle, France, 1-3 May. ACAP, La Rochelle, France, p 112	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2013	ACAP (2013) Report of Seabird Working Group. La Rochelle, France	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 Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
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
2022	ACAP (2022) Conservation Status of Albatrosses and Petrels and Advice on Reducing their Bycatch in IOTC Longline Fisheries. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-25, Online	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2007	ACAP (2007) Report of the First Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Valdivia, Chile 17-18 June 2007. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Valdivia, Chile	LL, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2021	ACAP (2021) Report of the population and conservation status working group. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP AC12 Doc 11, Online	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection Review and Planning
2021	ACAP (2021) ACAP Advice on Improving Safety when Hauling Branch lines during Pelagic Longline Fishing Operations. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook
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
2021	ACAP AC (2021) Draft AC work program 2023-2025. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP AC12 Doc16, Online	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2023	ACAP AC (2023) Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. In: ACAP - 13th Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP, Edinburgh, UK	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2014	ACAP Intersessional Group (2014) Identification of minimum elements to review the effectiveness of seabird bycatch mitigation regulations in tuna RFMOs. ACAP, Punta del Este, Uruguay	LL	Seabirds	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2008	ACAP SBWG (2008) Report of the Second Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Hermanus, South Africa, 17-18 August 2008. ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Cape Town, South Africa	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Line shooter Management of offal discharge Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2016	ACAP SBWG (2016) 2016 ACAP Review and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP-AC9-Doc10, La Serena, Chile	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines
2016	ACAP SBWG (2016) Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP-AC9-Doc10, La Serena, Chile	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Data Harmonisation
2021	ACAP SBWG (2021) Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Review and Planning
2019	ACAP SBWG Intersessional Group (2019) Drivers and barriers in the uptake of seabird bycatch mitigation measures and related conservation actions. In: ACAP - Ninth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP SBWG9 Doc 10 Rev 1, Florianópolis, Brazil	LL, PS, GN	Seabirds	Management Categories Compliance Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange Review and Planning
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	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
2016	ACAP Secretariat (2016) ACAP summary advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing on seabirds. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 72:1970–1974	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2015	ACAP Secretariat (2015) 2015 - ACAP summary advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing on seabirds. IOTC, Olhao, Portugal	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Streamer (tori) lines
2019	ACAP Secretariat (2019) ACAP Advice on Improving Safety when Hauling Branchlines during Pelagic Longline Fishing Operations. In: ACAP - Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Florianópolis, Brazil	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook Underwater setting techniques
2016	ACAP Secretariat and National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries. (2016) Seabird Bycatch ID Guide - English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
2019	ACAP, Birdlife International (2019) Night-setting Factsheet. English, Bahasa Indonesian, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Spanish.	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting

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