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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch 2022. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-05, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Report of the 18th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. In: IOTC - 25th Session of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-R, Victoria, Seychelles	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Illumination of gillnets Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2021	IOTC S (2021) Status of development and implementation of NPOA for seabirds and sharks, and implementation of the FAO guidelines to reduce marine turtle mortality in fishing operations. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-08_rev2, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Update on the Implementation of the IOTC Regional Observer Scheme. In: IOTC - Ad Hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards. IOTC-2021-WGEMS01-09, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories E-monitoring
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Executive Summaries for seven shark species. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-SC24-Executive summaries-sharks, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes Population Level Assessments Stock Assessments
2021	IOTC S (2021) Review of the statistical data available for bycatch species. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-07, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Silky shark synopsis. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Data Prep). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(DP)-INF04, Online	PS	Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Executive summary: marine turtles. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC-2021-SC24-ES24, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates International & National Management Schemes
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
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Review of data on Fish Aggregating Devices. In: IOTC - 3rd Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC-2022-WGFAD03-03_Rev2, Online	PS		Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2021	IOTC Secretariat (2021) Status of development and implementation of National Plans Of Action for seabirds and sharks, and implementation of the FAO guidelines to reduce marine turtle mortality in fishing operations - 2021. In: IOTC - 24th Meeting of the Scientific Committee. IOTC–2021–SC24–06 [E], Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Review of the statistical data available for IOTC bycatch species. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-07_Rev1, Online	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
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
2021	IOTC Secretariat, IWC (2021) Proposed Letter of Intent between IOTC and IWC. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-INF03, Online		Marine Mammals	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
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
2021	IOTC, IOSEA (2021) Proposed Letter of Understanding between the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and the Secretariat of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-31, Online	LL, PS, GN	Sea Turtles	Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2022	Jenkins LD (2022) Turtles, TEDs, tuna, dolphins, and diffusion of innovations: key drivers of adoption of bycatch reduction devices. ICES Journal of Marine Science 80:417–436. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac210	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles	Management Categories Economic and Social Analysis International & National Management Schemes
2021	Jimenez S, Debski I, Seco Pon JP (2021) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-30, Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Smart Tuna Hook Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2022	Jiménez S, Domingo A, Winker H, et al (2022) Towards mitigation of seabird bycatch: Large-scale effectiveness of night setting and Tori lines across multiple pelagic longline fleets IOTC WPEB. In: IOTC - 18th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch. IOTC-2022-WPEB18-INF18_rev1, Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Night / day setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2021	Kai M (2021) Japanese annual catches of pelagic sharks in two subareas between 1964 and 1993. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-10, Online	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2021	Kai M (2021) Update of Japanese annual catches of pelagic sharks between 1964 and 1993 by changing the species composition. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Data Prep). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(DP)-05, Online, p 7	LL	Sharks and Rays	Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2021	Kar AB, Prasad GVA, Das P, et al (2021) An overview of the bycatch status in tuna fishery in India. In: IOTC- 17th Working Party on Ecosystems & Bycatch (Assessment). IOTC-2021-WPEB17(AS)-32_rev1, Online, p 16	LL	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2021	Kenya (2021) Comparing different drifting FAD management options. In: IOTC - 2nd ad hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC-2021-WGFAD02-05, Online	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management

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