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Report of the Second (virtual) meeting of the WECAFC/CITES/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC working group on sharks conservation and management, 20–22 October 2021 / Comisión de pesca para el atlántico centro-occidental: Informe de la Segunda reunión (virtual) del grupo de trabajo COPACO/CITES/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC sobre la conservación y ordenación del tiburón, 20–22 de octubre de 2021












FAO. 2022. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission Report of the Second (virtual) meeting of the WECAFC/CITES/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC working group on sharks conservation and management – 20–22 October 2021 / Comisión de pesca para el atlántico centro-occidental: Informe de la Segunda reunión (virtual) del grupo de trabajo COPACO/CITES/OSPESCA/CRFM/CFMC sobre la conservación y ordenación del tiburón - 20–22 de octubre de 2021. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report / FAO Informe de pesca y acuicultura, No. 1382. Bridgetown. 



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