31.   In recent years he has been increasingly vocal about the degradation of the marine environment and has criticized French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.

32.   It is appalling how little Malaysians and the authorities responsiblefor the protection of the marine environment care about the plight ofwhale sharks in our waters.

33.   It governs navigation, protection and preservation of the marine environments, scientific research, sea bed mining and national jurisdiction over ocean space.

34.   Japan insists that whale populations have now grown so big that they are threatening the marine environment by eating too much fish.

35.   Most shrug off the obvious dangers to themselves and the marine environment.

36.   President Fidel Ramos said the Chinese fishermen, in addition to violating Philippine territory, also were destroying the marine environment in the South China Sea.

37.   Taiwan accuses Chinese boats of plundering its fish stocks and destroying the marine environment with illegal netting, dynamiting and stunning fish with acid.

38.   The legal experts said France has obligations under international law to prevent harm to the marine environment, to the environment of other countries and to human health.

39.   The legal experts said France has well-established obligations under international law to prevent harm to the marine environment, to the environment of other countries and to human health.

40.   The law also curbs the use of hazardous chemicals and pesticides, bans discharge into marine environment and designates protected areas.