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Countries are not complying with the UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. It's time some changes were made, say Tony Pitcher, Daniela Kalikoski, Ganapathiraju Pramod and Katherine Short.

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  1. Tony Pitcher and Ganapathiraju Pramod are at the Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada pitcher.t@gmail.com ,

    Tony Pitcher & Ganapathiraju Pramod

  2. Daniela Kalikoski is at the Federal University of Rio Grande, Caixa Postal 474, Rio Grande RS, Brazil.,

    Daniela Kalikoski

  3. Katherine Short is at WWF International, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland.,

    Katherine Short

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Pitcher, T., Kalikoski, D., Pramod, G. et al. Not honouring the code. Nature 457, 658–659 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457658a

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