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Use of capital income in artisanal fisheries: a case study of boat owners in Elmina, Ghana







Yeboah DA., Use of Capital Income in Artisanal Fisheries: A Case Study of Boat Owners in 1997 Elmina, Ghana. Programme for the Intezrated Development of.Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa, Cotonou, 23 p., IDAFWPIJO6.


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