Defending fishes against recreational fishing: An old problem to be solved in the new millennium

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Balon, Eugene K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 0033976820     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007684911190     Document Type: Editorial

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