| Type | Species | Distribution | Population | Bycatch Threat | IUCN Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leatherback Turtle | 
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Type Reptile | Species Dermochelys coriacea | Distribution Circumglobal in tropical to sub-polar waters | Population Decreasing | Bycatch Threat Longlines, gillnets, trawls, pot/traps | IUCN Status Critically Endangered |
| Loggerhead Turtle | 
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Type Reptile | Species Caretta caretta | Distribution Circumglobal, in tropical and subtropical waters | Population Unknown | Bycatch Threat Longlines, gillnets, trawls, traps and pots, and dredges | IUCN Status Globally Endangered |
| Vaquita | 
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Type Mammal | Species Phocoena sinus | Distribution Northern Gulf of California, Mexico | Population 10 | Bycatch Threat Gillnets | IUCN Status Critically Endangered |
| Franciscana | 
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Type Mammal | Species Pontoporia blainvillei | Distribution Mid-coastal Brazil south to mid-coastal Argentina | Population 30,000 to 50,000 | Bycatch Threat Gillnets | IUCN Status Vulnerable |
| Corals, Sponges, and Other Benthic Invertebrates | 
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Type Invertebrate | Species Corals, Sponges, and Other Benthic Invertebrates | Distribution Wordwide, in suitable habitats | Population Variable, but largely unknown | Bycatch Threat Bottom trawls, dredges, gillnets | IUCN Status Unknown |
| Pilot Whales | 
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Type Mammal | Species Globicephala spp. | Distribution Short-finned pilot whales are circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters. Long-finned pilot whales occur in temperate and polar waters. | Population Unknown | Bycatch Threat Longlines, gillnets, purse seines, trawls | IUCN Status Data Deficient |
| Chatham Albatross | 
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Type Bird | Species Thalassarche eremita | Distribution Southeast Pacific; breeds only in a small area of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand | Population Around 5,000 breeding pairs | Bycatch Threat Longlines and trawls | IUCN Status Critically Endangered |
| North Atlantic Right Whale | 
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Type Mammal | Species Eubalaena glacialis | Distribution Western North Atlantic | Population < 411 individuals (2018) | Bycatch Threat Trap lines, gillnets, longlines | IUCN Status Critically Endangered |
| Dusky Shark | 
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Type Fish | Species Carcharhinus obscurus | Distribution Patchy, coastal in tropical and warm temperate seas | Population Decreasing | Bycatch Threat Longlines, gillnets, hook and line, trawls | IUCN Status Vulnerable |
| Harbor Porpoise | 
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Type Mammal | Species Phocoena phocoena | Distribution Cold temperate to sub-Arctic coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere | Population >700,000 | Bycatch Threat Gillnets and other entangling nets, weirs | IUCN Status Least Concern |
| Mediterranean Monk Seal | 
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Type Mammal | Species Monachus monachus | Distribution Isolated colonies in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, and in the eastern North Atlantic from Morocco to Cap Blanc | Population 350-450 | Bycatch Threat Gillnets, trammel nets, ghost nets, bottom-set long lines | IUCN Status Critically Endangered |
| Chilean Dolphin | 
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Type Mammal | Species Cephalorhynchus eutropia | Distribution Along the Chilean coast in cold, shallow waters; sometimes enters rivers & estuaries | Population Low thousands | Bycatch Threat Gillnets, anti-predator nets, pots and traps | IUCN Status Near Threatened |
| Irrawaddy Dolphin | Type Mammal | Species Orcaella brevirostris | Distribution Estuarine and freshwater habitats of the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific; also found in coastal waters of this region | Population Decreasing | Bycatch Threat Gillnets, driftnets | IUCN Status Vulnerable, with five Critically Endangered subpopulations | |
| Smalltooth Sawfish | 
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Type Fish | Species Pristis pectinata | Distribution Atlantic coastal waters of Florida | Population Decreasing | Bycatch Threat Pots and traps, trawls, gillnets, seines, trammel nets | IUCN Status Critically Endangered |
| South Asian River Dolphin | Type Mammal | Species Platanista gangetica | Distribution Indus River, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, and Karnaphule-Sangu river systems of the Indian subcontinent | Population Low thousands | Bycatch Threat Gillnets, longlines | IUCN Status Endangered | |
| Whale Shark | 
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Type Fish | Species Rhincodon typus | Distribution Tropical and warm temperate waters 30˚N to 35˚S, with the exception of the Mediterranean Sea | Population Decreasing | Bycatch Threat Gillnets, purse seines, longlines | IUCN Status Vulnerable |
| Thorny skate | Type Fish | Species Amblyraja radiata | Distribution Northeast and Northwest Atlantic | Population Decreasing | Bycatch Threat Trawls, dredges | IUCN Status Vulnerable | |
| Australian sea lion | 
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Type Mammal | Species Neophoca cinerea | Distribution Southern and southwestern Australian waters | Population ~14700 | Bycatch Threat Gillnets, trawls, traps and pots | IUCN Status Endangered |
| White-chinned petrel | 
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Type Bird | Species Procellaria aequinoctialis | Distribution Southern Ocean between the tropics and Antarctica | Population ~ 3 million | Bycatch Threat Longlines, trawls, gillnets | IUCN Status Vulnerable |
| Black-browed albatross | 
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Type Bird | Species Thalassarche melanophrys | Distribution Subtropical to polar waters | Population 1.15 million (593,447 breeding pairs) | Bycatch Threat Longlines, trawls | IUCN Status Endangered |
