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FIRMS Steering Committee Meeting, Fourteenth Session, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 June, 1 and 4 July 2025. The Global Record of Stocks and Fisheries (GRSF) standard

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

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Meeting symbol FIRMS FSC14/2025/Inf.7

Meeting Session Number 14

Meeting date 30 June, 1 and 4 July 2025

Meeting location Copenhagen, Denmark

Language English

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