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Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2021; Anderson, Robert S. "The Lacey Act: America's premier weapon in the fight against unlawful wildlife trafficking." Public Land Law Review 16 (1995): 27+ online. Cart, Theodore Whaley. "The Lacey Act: America's first nationwide wildlife statute." Forest History (1973): 4-13. online
Fisheries crime describes the wide range of criminal activity that is common along the entire value chain of the fishing sector. [1] It often occurs in conjunction with Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), but next to illegal fish extraction include for example corruption, document fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, kidnapping, human trafficking and drug trafficking. [1]
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing poses a global challenge and has significant economic and environmental repercussions. [5] The impact of IUU fishing includes economic losses, job losses, scarcity, price distortion, food insecurity and unfair competition, [6] together with the depletion of fish populations and damages to the marine habitat. [7]
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Meaghan Brosnan remembers first boarding illegal fishing vessels off Alaska more than a decade ago as an active-duty officer in the Coast Guard, clad in a dry suit and armed with a pen and paper ...
Hurricane Carla, Texas' largest storm on record, struck the coast in 1961 causing substantial flooding and damage in Texas City and other communities. [45] Loss of life was minimal thanks to evacuation efforts. Expansion of the flood control dike and construction on the Texas City seawall occurred a result. The project was completed in 1985. [43]
(Reuters) -Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute, and deport people who ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is hoping to scare undocumented migrants from making the trek across the border with harrowing billboards warning of the “horrific realities” people face on the grueling ...