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Cease or prohibit all types of fishing

Cease or prohibit commercial fishing

Set commercial catch quotas

Limit the number of fishing vessels or fishing days in an area

Limit the length of fishing gear or density of traps in an area

Retain buoys and lines at the sea floor or riverbed when not hauling

Install and maintain anti-predator systems around aquaculture that prevent entanglement of reptiles

Retain offal on fishing vessels instead of discarding overboard

Set gillnets perpendicular to the shore

Introduce legislation to control the use of hazardous substances

Use ‘bioremediating’ organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants

Add chemicals or minerals to sediment to remove or neutralize pollutants

Limit, cease or prohibit dumping of garbage and other solid waste

Prevent the loss and discard of fishing gear and related debris

Recover lost or discarded fishing gear

Remove derelict fishing gear from reptiles found entangled

Improve treatment standards of sewage and wastewater

Create walls or barriers to exclude pollutants

Cease or prohibit discharge of waste effluents overboard from vessels

Use biodegradable materials to construct fishing gear to prevent entanglement of reptiles in lost or abandoned gear

Establish emergency plans for oil spills

Contain or recover oil following spills

Relocate reptiles (including eggs and hatchlings) following oil spills

Regulate planning permission for gas/filling stations at reptile sites

Introduce and enforce water quality regulations for aquaculture systems