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Barlow, J, Cameron GA. 2003. Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. Marine Mammal Science. 19:265-283.

Bernal D, Stoer A, Sepulveda J, and Syme D. Swordfish Physiology: Heat conservation, vascular specialization and muscle function. (NSF award #IOS-1354772). Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research.
http://www.pier.org/hm_fishes_swordfish_heatbal.php

Berube P, Couture J, Gomez M, Journey L, Rubinsein A. Evaluating Management Scenarios to Revitalize the California Commercial Swordfish Fishery. 20 March 2015. University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.
https://bit.ly/2xczBZK

Brodziak, J, and G Ishimura. 2010. Stock assessment of North Pacific swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in 2009. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-10-01, 37 p.
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Carretta, JV, Barlow J. 2011. Long-Term Effectiveness, Failure Rates, and “Dinner Bell” Properties of Acoustic Pingers in a Gillnet Fishery. Marine Technology Society Journal. 45:7-19.

Carretta J, Moore J & Foreny K. Regression Tree and Ratio Estimates of Marine Mammal, Sea Turtle, and Seabird Bycatch in the California Drift Gillnet Fishery: 1990-2015. January 2017. NOAA Technical Memorandum 568. doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-568.

Chan, H. L., & Pan, M. (2016). Spillover effects of environmental regulation for sea turtle protection in the Hawaii longline swordfish fishery. Marine Resource Economics, 31, 259–279.
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Fahy, Tina. California Drift Gillnet Fishery: Management Success, with implications for seafood imports. Presentation to U.S. West Coast Swordfish Meeting, May 11-12, 2015. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.
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Geijer, C, and Read, A. 2013. Mitigation of marine mammal bycatch in the U.S. fisheries since 1994. Biological Conservation 159:54-60.

Helvey M, Pomeroy C, Pradhan N, Squires D, Stohs S. “Can the United States have its fish and eat it too?” Marine Policy 75 (Jan 2017): 62-67. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.10.013.

International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean. Report of the Sixteenth Meeting of the ISC for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean. Plenary Session Final Report. 13-18 July 2016. Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. http://isc.fra.go.jp/pdf/ISC16/Plenary_report/ISC16_Final_Report.pdf

Martin, S., Stohs, S., & Moore, J. (2015). Bayesian inference and assessment for rare-event bycatch in marine fisheries: A drift gillnet fishery case study. Ecological Applications, 25(2), 416-429.
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National Marine Fisheries Service Report. Agenda Item G.2.a. Report. Pacific Fishery Management Council November 2015 Meeting Report. (Table 1).
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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Report on Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Activities. Agenda Item I.1.a: Supplemental NMFS Report 3. March 2018.

NOAA Fisheries. EcoCast Infosheet: Real time data tools for dynamic fisheries management. West Coast Swordfish Meeting, May 11-12, 2015. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.
https://bit.ly/2IOo4B1

NOAA Fisheries. Key Outcomes Memorandum, Final - September 1, 2015. U.S. West Coast Swordfish Meeting, May 11-12, 2015. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.
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NOAA Fisheries Services. Preliminary Analysis Increased Monitoring of the CA/OR Large-Mesh Drift Gillnet Fishery. PFMC - March 2018.
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NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region. Innovation in Swordfish Fishery Fetches a Higher Market Price. Winter 2017.
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NOAA Fishwatch. North Pacific Swordfish (Xiphias gladius). March 3, 2018.
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NOAA Fishwatch. Sustainable Seafood: The Global Picture. Accessed April 10, 2018.
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NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. North Pacific Swordfish Stocks Assessed. Quarterly Research Bulletin. June 2014.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council. Status of the U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species through 2017; Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation, January 2018.
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Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research. Development and Trials of Deep-set Fisheries for Swordfish off the California Coast.
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Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research. Swordfish Biology and Data Needs off the California Coast. 2016.
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Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research. Track your Catch - Deep-set Traceability. 2016.
http://pier.org/traceability.php

Sepulveda C, Aalbers S & Heberer C. Swordfish movements, recent gear trials and future experiments on west coast fishery development. Presentation to U.S. West Coast Swordfish Meeting, May 11-12, 2015. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.
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Shively, Paul. Deep-Set Gear Fact Sheet. The PEW Charitable Trusts. November 2015. http://w
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Squires D et al. Cost-Benefit Analysis of DGN Swordfish Time-Area Closure. Presentation to U.S. West Coast Swordfish Meeting, May 11-12, 2015. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.
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Stohs, Stephen. Trends in Economic Performance of Swordfish Fisheries. Presentation to U.S. West Coast Swordfish Meeting, May 11-12, 2015. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.
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Urbisci L, Stohs S and Piner K. From Sunrise to Sunset in the California Drift Gillnet Fishery: An Examination of the Effects of Time and Area Closures on the Catch and Catch Rates of Pelagic Species. Marine Fisheries Review 78 (3-4), 2016, pg 1-11. doi: 10.7755/MFR.78.3–4.1.

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Report of the Fourteenth Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean. Northern Committee Tenth Regular Session. 1-4 September 2014. Fukuoka, Japan.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2018. Large mesh drift gillnet commercial logbook data.

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Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). 2017. Tunas, billfishes, and other pelagic species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2016.

Lewison, R.L., Crowder, L.B., Wallace, B.P., Moore, J.E., Cox, T., Zydelis, R., McDonald, S., DiMatteo, A., Dunn, D.C., Kot, C.Y. and Bjorkland, R., 2014. Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(14), pp.5271-5276.

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Sepulveda, C. and Aalbers, S. 2017. Studies on swordfish movements, stock structure, and exempted fishery trials off the U.S. West Coast. Proceedings of the 68th Annual Tuna Conference. Lake Arrowhead, California.

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