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16 U.S.C. § 1212 — Investigation and control of crown of thorns starfish

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-427 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 129 words · no verdicts yet

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This section authorizes the Secretaries of Commerce and the Smithsonian Institution to take specified actions concerning the “Crown of Thorns” seastar. The actions may address the reasons for its population increase, its effects on corals and coral reefs, reef stability and regeneration after predation, future control needs, control methods, and the seastar’s ecology.

To carry out this chapter, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may— (1) conduct studies, research, and investigations they consider desirable to determine the causes of the “Crown of Thorns” population increase, its effects on corals and coral reefs, and the stability and regeneration of reefs following predation; (2) monitor areas where the “Crown of Thorns” may be increasing in number and determine future needs for control; (3) develop improved control methods and carry out control programs in areas where they consider them necessary; and (4) take other actions they consider desirable to understand the ecology and control of the seastar “Crown of Thorns”.
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In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to—

(1)

conduct such studies, research, and investigations, as they deem desirable to determine the causes of the population increase of the “Crown of Thorns”, their effects on corals and coral reefs, and the stability and regeneration of reefs following predation;

(2)

to monitor areas where the “Crown of Thorns” may be increasing in numbers and to determine future needs for control;

(3)

to develop improved methods of control and to carry out programs of control in areas where these are deemed necessary; and

(4)

to take such other actions as deemed desirable to gain an understanding of the ecology and control of the seastar “Crown of Thorns”.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–427, § 2, Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 884; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

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  • 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-427 · 84 Stat. 884

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