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| | U. S. Shoreline mapping through aerial photography | | | | Since the late 1930s, high-resolution, georeferenced aerial photography for defining the nation’s 95,000-mile shoreline has been a responsibility of the National Geodetic Survey, part of NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS). Precision aerial photography is the primary source material used for creating coastal survey maps and digital cartographic files. These data sets, in turn, provide data for producing NOAA nautical charts.
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 | | | | | Government to get tough on Patagonian toothfish poachers
by Peter O'Connor/Environmental News Network, Associated Press 01 October 2002 | |
| Australia will aggressively crack down on poachers of the endangered Patagonian toothfish with tougher fines, new international agreements, and a new patrol boat, the government said Monday.
Federal Conservation Minister Sen. Ian McDonald said the government was tired of seeing sophisticated international syndicates plundering the endangered fish from Australian waters, and the Cabinet recently approved extra funds to mount a blitz on the poachers.
"Our careful management of the fish stocks is of no avail if people can just come in and raid and plunder our fisheries," McDonald said.
Found in remote southern waters dominated by Australia's marine economic zone, the fish's flaky white flesh is prized in restaurants in Japan, the United States, Canada, and the European Union.
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