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Report of the Technical Workshop on the Status, Limitations and Opportunities for Improving the Monitoring of Shark Fisheries and Trade. Rome, 3–6 November 2008.











FAO.Report of the Technical Workshop on the Status, Limitations and Opportunities for Improving the Monitoring of Shark Fisheries and Trade. Rome, 3–6 November 2008.FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 897. Rome, FAO. 2009. 152p.


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