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Of issues and major findings -- Introduction -- Overview of relevant fleet characteristics -- Current practices in commercial fisheries and attitudes towards sharks -- Existing markets for sharks and shark fins from domestic vessels -- Estimates of landings and landed value -- The importance of income from shark fin sales to vessel crews -- The direct economic contribution of sharks to the economies of Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa -- Sharks in cultural context -- Identification and discussion of management alternatives -- References.
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