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Project GCP/SLC/223/EC – Improving ecosystem approach to fisheries by advancing fish spawning aggregation information gathering and increase of public engagement in the WECAFC region - Report from The Bahamas submitted by Krista Sherman, PhD to Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for WECAFC - May 2024

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Author FAO/WECAFC

Publisher FAO ;

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Statutory body / Meeting title Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)

Language English

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