[Tex/LaTex] @misc bibtex entry is not citing correctly

Question

I'm using an @misc bibtex entry to cite a government website in my thesis. The Bibliography compiles fine, but within the text the citation is included twice. for example text text (cite, cite).

Any ideas would be appreciated.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{natbib}

bibtex entry:

@misc{kinaSUR,
    author = {{Ministry for Primary Industries}},
    title = {{Kina sea urchin regions in NZ}},
    howpublished = {\url{http://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=7\&sc=SUR}},
    note = {Online; accessed 29 January 2014} 

The double brackets for author ensure it typesets correctly, otherwise it tries to make it a first and last name and comes out a jumbled mess. It might be the problem but its the only way I could get the author to typeset correctly.

Suggestions appreciated.
Thanks

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{natbib} 
\begin{document}
\bibliographystyle{otago} 
\bibliography{thesis}
\citep{kinaSUR}
\end{document}

bibtex entry is above

Answer 1

For testing I downloaded the file otago.bst from this website: http://otago.libguides.com/content.php?pid=172484&sid=1451535

The issue is based on your entry type. The style otago and the resulting output require a field year. So if you modify your entry it works.

Correct BibTeX-Entry:

@misc{kinaSUR,
    author = "{Ministry for Primary Industries}",
    title = {{Kina sea urchin regions in NZ}},
    howpublished = {\url{http://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=7&sc=SUR}},
    note = {Online; accessed 29 January 2014} ,
    year=2013,
}

---

Here a complete MWE:

\RequirePackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{kinaSUR,
    author = "{Ministry for Primary Industries}",
    title = {{Kina sea urchin regions in NZ}},
    howpublished = {\url{http://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=7&sc=SUR}},
    note = {Online; accessed 29 January 2014} ,
    year=2013,
}
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{url}

\begin{document}
\cite{kinaSUR}

\bibliographystyle{otago} 
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}