Sentences with phrase «ocean protection laws»
Currently 20 different federal agencies oversee some 140 ocean protection laws; Obama has charged his task force with pulling together all the different authorities and laws to focus attention on addressing the most serious challenges facing the oceans and those who manage them.
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Two Atlantic Ocean coral species — elkhorn and staghorn — are listed as «threatened» under the Endangered Species Act, and NOAA is considering whether an additional 82 coral species also warrant some level of protection under the law because of threats from warming water, ocean acidification and polluOcean coral species — elkhorn and staghorn — are listed as «threatened» under the Endangered Species Act, and NOAA is considering whether an additional 82 coral species also warrant some level of protection under the law because of threats from warming water, ocean acidification and polluocean acidification and pollution.
The Center for Biological Diversity says it is prepared to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to use the water law to respond to the threat of ocean acidification.
He has used his seat on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to advance legislation on ocean acidification, protection of Washington's scenic and wild rivers, and joined in supporting Ocean Champions» top priority in the 113th Congress — reauthorization of legislation to combat harmful algal blooms and hypoxia — which was signed in to law earlier this suocean acidification, protection of Washington's scenic and wild rivers, and joined in supporting Ocean Champions» top priority in the 113th Congress — reauthorization of legislation to combat harmful algal blooms and hypoxia — which was signed in to law earlier this suOcean Champions» top priority in the 113th Congress — reauthorization of legislation to combat harmful algal blooms and hypoxia — which was signed in to law earlier this summer.
New York — one of the largest markets for shark fins outside Asia and the largest port of entry for shark fins on the East Coast — joins seven states and all three Pacific U.S. territories in passing similar laws to provide critical protection to sharks and preserve the health of the world's ocean ecosystems.
If enacted, New York — one of the largest markets for shark fins outside Asia and the largest port of entry for shark fins on the East Coast — would join seven states and all three Pacific U.S territories in passing similar laws to provide critical protection to sharks and preserve the health of the world's ocean ecosystems.