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Report of the Thirty-Third Session of the Committee on Fisheries

CGRFA-17/19/8.2/Inf.2

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 29 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Statutory body / Meeting title Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)

Meeting symbol CGRFA-17/19/8.2/Inf.2

Meeting Session Number Sess. 17

Meeting date 18-22 February 2018

Meeting location Rome, Italy

Language English

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