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Report of a Survey to Establish the Capacity of Longline and Pole-and-Line Fleets in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Prepared by Gillett, Preston and Associates for the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nati

Year of publication 2013

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

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

Meeting symbol IOTC-2008-SC-INF08

Language English

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