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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
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
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
2017	WCPFC (2017) 2nd Meeting of the FAD Management Options Intersessional Working Group Summary Report. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/IWG-02, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, p 38	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	Watson RA, Tidd A (2018) Mapping nearly a century and a half of global marine fishing: 1869–2015. Marine Policy 93:171–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.023	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection Data Harmonisation
2014	Watson J, Bigelow K (2014) Trade-offs among Catch, Bycatch, and Landed Value in the American Samoa Longline Fishery x. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC SC10-2014/EB-IP-09, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, p 12	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Gear configuration - other Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2006	Watson JW, Kerstetter DW (2006) Pelagic Longline Fishing Gear: A Brief History and Review of Research Efforts to Improve Selectivity. Marine Technology Society Journal 40:6–11. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353259	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Corrodible hooks Safe handling & release
2009	Watson JT, Essington TE, Lennert-Cody CE, Hall MA (2009) Trade-Offs in the Design of Fishery Closures: Management of Silky Shark Bycatch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishery. Conservation Biology 23:626–635. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01121.x	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2017	Warner R (2017) Strengthening Governance Frameworks for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Southern Hemisphere Perspectives. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 32:607–634. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-13204064	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
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
2017	Ward-Paige CA (2017) A global overview of shark sanctuary regulations and their impact on shark fisheries. Marine Policy 82:87–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.004	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Policy Development and Knowledge Exchange
2012	Ward-Paige CA, Keith DM, Worm B, Lotze HK (2012) Recovery potential and conservation options for elasmobranchs. Journal of Fish Biology 80:1844–1869. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03246.x	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2004	Ward P, Myers RA, Blanchard W (2004) Fish lost at sea: the effect of soak time on pelagic longline catches. Fishery Bulletin 102:179–195	LL	Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting Soak duration
2005	Ward P, Myers RA (2005) Inferring the depth distribution of catchability for pelagic fishes and correcting for variations in the depth of longline fishing gear. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 62:1130–1142. https://doi.org/10.1139/f05-021	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures
2007	Ward P, Lawrence E, Darbyshire R, Hindmarsh S (2007) Large scale experiment shows that banning wire leaders helps pelagic sharks and longline fishers. WCPFC SC3/EB-SWG-WP-5, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Monofilament / Wire Leaders
2008	Ward P, Lawrence E, Darbyshire R, Hindmarsh S (2008) Large-scale experiment shows that nylon leaders reduce shark bycatch and benefit pelagic longline fishers. Fisheries Research 90:100–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.034	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Monofilament / Wire Leaders
2000	Ward P, Kearney B, Tsirbas N (2000) Science arrangements for the regional management of tuna fisheries. Marine Policy 24:93–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-597X(99)00016-0	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
2008	Ward P, Hall S (2008) Circle Hooks and Longline Catches	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks
2008	Ward P, Epe S, Kreutz D, et al (2008) Implementation of bycatch mitigation measures in Australia’s pelagic longline fisheries. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 4th Regular Session. WCPFC, Port Moresby, PNG, p 75	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks
2009	Ward P, Epe S, Kreutz D, et al (2009) The effects of circle hooks on bycatch and target catches in Australia’s pelagic longline fishery. Fisheries Research 97:253–262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2009.02.009	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks
2022	Wanless RM, Hazin C (2022) Guidance to achieve biodiversity conservation measures in high seas fisheries. STRONG High Seas Project	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance International & National Management Schemes
2020	Wang J, Gao X, Xu L, et al (2020) Biodiversity in the bycatch community of Chinese tuna longline fisheries in the Pacific Ocean. Global Ecology and Conservation 24:e01276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01276	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures
2021	Wang J, Gao C, Wu F, et al (2021) The discards and bycatch of Chinese tuna longline fleets in the Pacific Ocean from 2010 to 2018. Biological Conservation 255:109011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109011	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2023	Wang J, Gao C, Wu F, et al (2023) Environmental Characteristics Associated with the Presence of the Pelagic Stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) in the Pacific High Sea. Fishes 8:46. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010046	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Spatial & temporal measures Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2019	(2019) Can circle hooks mitigate bycatch of marine megafauna? A case study of Kenyan artisanal handline and longline fisheries	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks
2009	Walsh WA, Bigelow KA, Sender KL (2009) Decreases in Shark Catches and Mortality in the Hawaii-Based Longline Fishery as Documented by Fishery Observers. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 1:270–282. https://doi.org/10.1577/C09-003.1	LL	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Deep / shallow setting Fish not squid bait Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices

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