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Leisure Sciences
An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volume 19, 1997 - Issue 2
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Original Articles

Racial and gender meanings of why people participate in recreational fishing

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Pages 129-146 | Received 25 Jan 1996, Accepted 17 Jan 1997, Published online: 13 Jul 2009

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