The political economy of fisheries development in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand

Author/s: J.M. Floyd, PhD
Availability: Open Access
Type: Dissertation
Year: 1985
Category: Agriculture
Institution: University of Hawaii

Abstract: Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 267-273. Photocopy. Microfilm. xi, 273 leaves, bound ill., map 29 cm


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