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  2. Destructive fishing practices - Wikipedia

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    Destructive fishing practices are fishing practices which easily result in irreversible damage to habitats and the sustainability of the fishery ecosystems.Such damages can be caused by direct physical destruction of the underwater landform and vegetation, overfishing (especially of keystone species), indiscriminate killing/maiming of aquatic life, disruption of vital reproductive cycles, and ...

  3. Environmental issues in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Hawaii designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a brief list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean ...

  4. Unsustainable fishing methods - Wikipedia

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    In accordance to these laws, US fisheries require trawling vessels to use turtle excluder devices (TEDs) that mitigate the capture of turtles in trawl nets. [34] This extends to the use of additional TEDs and the promotion of sustainable fishing practices. [34] The three major laws include: Endangered Species Act (ESA).

  5. US Supreme Court curbs federal agency powers, overturning ...

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    The Biden administration said the program was authorized under a 1976 federal law called the Magnuson-Stevens Act to protect against overfishing in U.S. coastal waters.

  6. US Supreme Court appears split over US agency powers in ...

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    Biden's administration has said the program is authorized under a 1976 federal law called the Magnuson-Stevens Act to protect against overfishing in U.S. coastal waters. It said in court papers ...

  7. Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

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    The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is the primary law governing marine fisheries management in United States federal waters. The law is named after U.S. Senators Warren G. Magnuson of Washington state and Ted Stevens of Alaska, who sponsored the Senate bill, S. 200, that eventually was enacted.

  8. US agency powers back on Supreme Court's hook in ... - AOL

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    The administration has argued that the fisheries service program is authorized under a 1976 U.S. law called the Magnuson-Stevens Act to protect against overfishing in U.S. coastal waters.

  9. County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund - Wikipedia

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    Hawaii Wildlife Fund, No. 18-260, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving pollution discharges under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The case asked whether the Clean Water Act requires a permit when pollutants that originate from a non-point source can be traced to reach navigable waters through mechanisms such as ...