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Report of the forty-fourth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)

Online, 2–6 November 2021













FAO. 2022. Report of the forty-fourth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – Online, 2–6 November 2021. GFCM Report No. 44. Rome. 




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