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A travel report prepared for the South Pacific Islands Fisheries Development Agency, 12 February – 4 March 1971

Reefs and lagoons sub project

Year of publication 1971

Pages 3

Author Clutter, R.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Other document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The present paper presents the results of a travel report, held from February 12th to March 4th 1971, to obtain information about present and future research projects on reef and lagoon fisheries and to summarize historical information about Pacific islands fisheries.

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