seabirds
... Iles Eparses): the islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones in the western Indian Ocean; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/b_mp.html
seabirds
... which is likely to affect the sustainability of the stock; large amount of incidental mortality of seabirds resulting from long-line fishing for toothfish note: the now-protected fur seal population is ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
seabirds
... a single country's jurisdiction. They sustain many endemic species including corals, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere. Baker Island: The US took ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
seabirds
... of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; closed to the public Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island and Sand Island ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
seaboard
Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways; significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US
www.exxun.com/AtlanticOcean/g_tr.html
seaboard
English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
www.exxun.com/Ireland/c_pp.html
seacoasts
... electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
seafaring
... Provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/a_fg.html
seafood
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/e_ec.html
seafood
cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood
www.exxun.com/Benin/e_ec.html
seafood
bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
seafood
... recent years, and the country now ranks sixth in cashew production. Guinea-Bissau exports fish and seafood along with small amounts of peanuts, palm kernels, and timber. Rice is the major crop ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
seafood
meat processing, seafood, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/e_ec.html
seafood
paddy rice, coffee, rubber, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas; poultry; fish, seafood
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/e_ec.html
seagoing
1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Japan/g_tr.html
seahorse
... capital letters; the main elements of the coat of arms, flanked on either side by a seahorse, appear above a scroll with the motto RA HACHIRI (We are Vigilant); the only official ...
www.exxun.com/Mayotte/d_gv.html
Seal
... whisk known as a "Fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the United States and American Samoa
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/d_gv.html
seal
Botswana still struggles to seal its border from thousands of Zimbabweans who flee economic collapse and political persecution; Namibia has long supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana ...
www.exxun.com/Botswana/i_ti.html
Seal
... Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Gulf of Maine including the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; Canada, the US, and other countries dispute the status of the ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/i_ti.html
seal
... island of the Crozets). Discovered and claimed by France in 1772, the islands were used for seal hunting and as a base for whaling. Originally administered as a dependency of Madagascar, they ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
seal
protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting
www.exxun.com/Greenland/b_mp.html
seal
These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.
www.exxun.com/HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands/a_fg.html
seal
... whaling captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are inconclusive). Visited only occasionally by seal hunters and trappers over the following centuries, the island came under Norwegian sovereignty in 1929 ...
www.exxun.com/JanMayen/a_fg.html
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