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References (scientific & technical literature) encompass seabird, sea turtle, shark & ray, & marine mammal bycatch mitigation & management in oceanic tuna & billfish fisheries (longline, purse seine & gillnet). Formats include journal articles, meeting papers, infographics, illustrated handling & identification guides, factsheets, videos, books, brochures...

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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2022	Mobula Conservation Project (2022) Saving the Mobular Rays Poster: Western & Central Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean (Bahasa-Malay, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Taiwanese)	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
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
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
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service SRO (2020) Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Handling and Release Procedures	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service SRO (2020) Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Handling and Release Procedures	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2020	NOAA Fisheries Service SRO (2020) Giant Manta Ray - Handling and Release Procedures	LL, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	Park T, Marshall C, Desurmont A, et al (2019) Shark and ray identification manual for observers and crew of the western and central Pacific tuna fisheries. Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification
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
2017	WCPFC (2017) Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Mantas & Mobulids - Supplement to CMM 2019-05	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Purse seine deck release devices Safe handling & release
2017	NOAA Fisheries (2017) Careful Catch and Release - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Safe handling & release
2016	ISSF (2016) Protecting Sharks: Reducing Shark Bycatch in Purse Seine Fisheries	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2016	AFMA (2016) Shark and Ray Handling Practices - A guide for commercial fishers in southern Australia	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
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
2016	Poisson F, Wendling B, Cornella D, Segorb C (2016) Guide de bonnes pratiques pour réduire la mortalité des espèces sensibles capturées accidentellement par les palangriers pélagiques français en Méditerranée. Projets SELPAL et RéPAST, Montpellier, France	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2012	Anon. (2012) Methods for longline fishers to safely handle and release unwanted sharks and rays = 延绳钓捕捞者对误捕的鲨鱼或鳐鱼等海洋动物的安全处理指引和放生方法 English & Chinese	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2012	Poisson F, Vernet A-L, Seret B, Dagorn L (2012) Guía de buenas prácticas para reducir la mortalidad de los tiburones y las rayas capturados de manera accidental por buques cerqueros atuneros tropicales. UE FP7 Project #210496 MADE	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2012	Poisson F, Vernet AL, Seret B, Dagorn L (2012) Good practices to reduce the mortality of sharks and rays caught incidentally by the tropical tuna purse seiners. EU FP7 project #210496 MADE, Montpellier, France	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2020	WWF (2020) Guide for Handling and Safe Release in Gillnet Fisheries	GN	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2012	ISSF (2012) Best bycatch release practices in tuna purse seiners / Cara melepas bycatch pada pukat cincin / 최상의 참치선망 부수어획 방류관행 / Buenas prácticas de liberación de especies accesorias en cubierta / 金枪鱼围网渔业误捕海洋动物的释放方法（中国远洋渔业协会上海海洋大学翻译）	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2019	Department of Conservation (2019) Handling and Release Guide - For protected species interactions within New Zealand fisheries. English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukranian	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2016	AFMA (2016) Bycatch Handling - AFMA Bycatch handling and treatment Guide 2016/17. Australian Fisheries Management Authority	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Purse Seine Bycatch Mitigation and Handling (multiple languages), 3rd edn. ISSF, Washington, D.C., USA.	PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Species Identification

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