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[CITE: 16USC1212]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                  CHAPTER 25A--CROWN OF THORNS STARFISH
 
Sec. 1212. Investigation and control of crown of thorns starfish

    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''.

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

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the 
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 
1211 of this title.
