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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2015	IOTC Secretariat (2015) Draft Executive Summary: Pelagic Thresher Shark. IOTC, Bali, Indonesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2013	IOTC Secretariat (2013) Status of Development and Implementation of National Plans of Action for Seabirds and Sharks. IOTC, La Reunion, France	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2023	IOTC Secretariat (2023) Progress made on the recommendations of WPEB18 and SC25. In: IOTC - 19th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC–2023–WPEB19–06, La Saline Les Bains, Reunion, France	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning
2015	IOTC Secretariat (2015) Draft Executive Summary: Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Status of the Indian Ocean Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (SPL: Sphyrna lewini). IOTC, Bali, Indonesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-05, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Blue shark synopsis. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Data Prep). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(DP)-INF05_Rev1, Online	LL	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2022	IOTC Secretariat & Chair (2022) Revision of the WPEB program of work (2023–2027). In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC–2022–WPEB18–09, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2017	IOTC Secretariat, Rice J (2017) Approaches to the reconstrution of catches of Indian Ocea blue shark (prionace glauca). In: IOTC - 13th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2017-WPEB13-23, San Sebastián, Spain	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2022	IOTC Secretariat, WWF Pakistan (2022) DRAFT REPORT: Developing robust multi-taxa bycatch mitigation measures for gillnets/drift nets in the Indian Ocean. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-INF11, Online	GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Illumination of gillnets Sub-surface gillnets Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2021	IOTC WGEMS Chair, IOTC Secretariat (2021) Draft Terms Of Reference For The Ad-Hoc Working Group On The Development Of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards (WGEMS). In: IOTC - Ad Hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards. IOTC-2021-WGEMS01-10, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2009	IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC, Mombasa, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Line shooter Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2017	IOTC-WGFAD01 (2017) Report of the IOTC ad hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC–2017–WGFAD01–R[E], Madrid, Spain	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2021	IOTC, SPC (2021) Shark and Ray Identification in the Indian Ocean Pelagic Fisheries (English, Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese, Urdu)	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Species Identification
2021	Isaza-Toro E, Selvaraj JJ, Giraldo-Lopez A, Ortíz-Ferrín OO y (2021) Fish aggregating devices in the eastern tropical Pacific marine corridor, according to the Colombian Fisheries Observer Program. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31:3311–3318. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3687	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2022	ISC (2022) Stock assessment and future projections of blue sharks in the North Pacific Ocean through 2020 (21July) - Final Report. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 18th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC18-2022/SA-WP-06, Electronic Meeting	LL	Sharks and Rays
2013	ISC Shark Working Group (2013) Stock assessment and future projections (2013) of blue shark in the north Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 9th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC9-2013/ SA-WP-11, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL	Sharks and Rays
2014	ISC Shark Working Group (2014) Stock Assessment and Future Projections (2014) of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC10-2014/ SA-WP-14 Rev 1, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2018	ISC Shark Working Group (2018) Stock Assessment of Shortfin Mako Shark in the North Pacific Ocean Through 2016. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-WP-11, Busan, Republic of Korea	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2017	ISC Shark Working Group (2017) Stock Assessment and Future Projections of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean through 2015. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 13th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC13-2017/SA-WP-10 & WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-13, Rarotonga, Cook Islands	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2023	ISC Shark Working Group (2023) Report of the SHARKWG Working Group Research and Modeling Improvement Workshop. In: 23rd Meeting of the ISC for Tuna & Tuna-like Species in the NPO. Kanazawa, Japan	GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices Biological Parameters
2013	ISC Shark Working Group (2013) DRAFT Report of the Shark Working Groups (May 2012, January & April 2013). In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 9th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC9-2013/ SA-WP-11a, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2019	ISSF (2019) Biodegradable FAD Workshops in the Western Pacific Ocean. Washington DC USA	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2016	ISSF (2016) Protecting Sharks: Reducing Shark Bycatch in Purse Seine Fisheries	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2020	ISSF (2020) Acoustic Discrimination - Technology to Support Selective Fishing	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Acoustic discrimination FAD design & management
2016	ISSF (2016) Purse Seine Fisheries -- Bycatch Mitigation for Sharks: Handling & Release Part III	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Safe handling & release

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