Identification & Handling

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Marine Turtles

• Marine Turtle Identification cards - ID and handling information

• Missing Link #2010

Seabirds

• AFMA seabird identification guides

• Fisherman's Guide to Hawaii's Seabirds- identification and handling information

• Hook removal from seabirds - ACAP factsheet

• Pacific Islands Region Seabird Guide

Sharks and Rays

• Good practices to reduce the mortality of sharks and rays caught incidentally by the tropical purse seiners - ID and handling information -Version FRANCAISE - Version en ESPANOL - POSTER version

• ICCAT Atlantic Sharks Guide - Part 1 Part 2

• Sharks, batoids, and chimaeras of the North Atlantic - FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 7

• Shark ID cards - Shark Identification in Pacific Tropical Offshore Fisheries

• Sharks of the World Volume 2 - FAO catalogue Volume 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes)

• Sharks of the World Volume 4 - FAO catalogue Volume 4: Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)

Marine Mammals/Turtles/Seabirds/Sharks

• FAO FishFinder - resources to help identify marine organisms of interest to fisheries

• Marine mammals & marine turtles of the Pacific Islands - IFAW, SPREP (1.33 MB)

• Protected Species (Seabird, Sea Turtle, Marine Mammal) Identification, Handling and Release Guides - Illustrated, step-by-step guides from NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office. English, Korean, Samoan, Vietnamese.

• Seabirds, Sharks, Sea Turtles, Marine Mammals, Tunas, Baitfish, Fish Damage - SPC Marine species identification manual for horizontal longline fishermen

APPs (mobile device applications)

MoBi - Marine mammals of the Pacific Islands - en FRANCAISE

• Apple Store - https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/mobi/id864897527?l=fr&ls=1&mt=8
• Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextmediafactory.mobi2