Provisional Agenda and Timetable of the Seventy-sixth Session of the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Provisional Agenda and Timetable of the Seventy-sixth Session of the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

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Statutory body / Meeting title Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)

Meeting symbol APFIC:EXCO/17/01

Meeting Session Number 76

Meeting date 21-23 February 2017

Meeting location Manila, Philippines

Language English

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