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Commercial Fisheries: Information on Federally Funded Buyback Programs

RCED-00-8R Published: Oct 20, 1999. Publicly Released: Oct 20, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federally funded fishery buyback programs, focusing on the: (1) number, objectives, and key features of federally funded buyback programs since 1976; (2) costs, sources of funds, and results of these programs; and (3) key features and estimated costs of proposed federally funded buyback programs.

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