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Status report on bycatch of tuna gillnet operations in Pakistan

Year of publication 2013

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Statutory body / Meeting title Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

Meeting symbol IOTC-2012-WPEB08-13

Meeting Session Number 8

Language English

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