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| x Marine Mammal Protection Act |
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972 was the first article of legislation to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management and conservation. MMPA prohibits the taking of marine mammals, and enacts a moratorium...
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| x Endangered Species Act |
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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. § 136, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. , ESA) is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. As stated in section 2 of the act, it was designed to protect...
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| x Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act |
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Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (Pub.L. 92-532, 86 Stat. 1052, enacted October 23, 1972) or Ocean Dumping Act was one of several key environmental laws passed by the US Congress in 1972. It originally authorized the EPA to regulate...
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| x Coastal Zone Management Act |
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The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (Pub.L. 92-583, 86 Stat. 1280, enacted October 27, 1972, 16 U.S.C. § 1451–1464, Chapter 33) is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management...
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| x Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976 |
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The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, commonly referred to as the Magnuson-Stevens Act, is the primary law governing marine fisheries management in the U.S. The law is named after Warren G. Magnuson, former U.S. Senator from...
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| x California Endangered Species Act |
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| x Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 |
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Under United States Code Title 16, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 is the United States legislation implementing the convention between the U.S. and Great Britain (for Canada). It replaced the Weeks-McLean Act, which...
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| x Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978 |
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was first passed in 1973 and forms the basis of biodiversity and endangered species protection in the United States. The original purpose of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was to prevent species endangerment and...
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| x Antarctic Conservation Act |
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The Antarctic Conservation Act, enacted in 1978 by the 95th United States Congress (Pub.L. 95-541), is a United States federal law that addresses the issue of environmental conservation on the continent of Antarctica. The Departments of the Treasury...
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| x National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 |
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The provided guidelines and directives for administration and management of all areas in National Wildlife Refuge system including "wildlife refuges, areas for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction,...
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