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Global Documentation of Fish Introductions: the Growing Crisis and Recommendations for Action

2006-01-01

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Fish provides 15% of the total animal protein in human diets. It is also the primary source of livelihood for 35 million people (30 M in Asia and 2.6 M in Africa). The increase in global population and demand for fish protein cannot be met by capture fisheries alone. Governments are turning towards aquaculture as the source of fish protein. However, it has also led to the introduction and establishment of non-nati...

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Literature Corpus work: b4667a6a-8c19-525e-a8ac-05cdca9f221e
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-0231-3

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