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- Objective 1- Improve and Increase Recreational Fishing Opportunities
- Objective 2- Sustainably Manage Fisheries Resources
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- Acknowledgements
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- Appendix 1
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- Assessing the Economic Value of the 2012 Victorian Recreational Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery in Portland
- Glossary and Acronyms
- Introduction
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- Conclusions
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- Appendix A - Recent studies on recreational fishing in Victoria
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