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WECAFC - Tailored terms of reference for the WECAFC Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish in the Northern Brazil-Guianas Shelf

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Other document

Statutory body / Meeting title Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)

Language English

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