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Proceedings of the EIFAAC workshop on citizen science in fisheries

Rome, 29 February 2024












FAO. 2024. Proceedings of the EIFAAC workshop on citizen science in fisheries – Rome, Italy, 29 February 2024. EIFAAC Occasional Paper, No. 53. Rome.





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