Much of their best agricultural land has been declared off-limits to farmers.
Others were barricaded by the military and declared off-limits to outsiders.
The process of fencing off seamounts is still at an early stage, though four clusters of them have been discovered and declared off-limits in the north-eastern Atlantic.
Obama's decision came after he concluded that world oil markets can be adequately supplied even with a significant portion of Iran's 2.2 million barrels a day declared off limits.
Ronnie Cummins of the OCA apparently considers advocating for such restrictions a capitulation, but considering the ban was declared off the table by the USDA, we considered the move to be the most responsible thing to do on behalf of organic agriculture.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared that Social Security was off the table.
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Their electricity was abruptly cut off and their home declared unfit for habitation.
There are tens of billions of barrels of oil--not to mention gobs of natural gas--off the U.S.' coasts, yet Congress has declared 85% of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf off-limits to exploration and drilling.
Vinson declared the entire bill unconstitutional, setting off a new round of stories.
As the weekend wore on, our surprise turned to glee as clerk after clerk declared an item to be 40 percent off, and then handed us a free gift with purchase.
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He'd previously been declared a hero, the last person winched off the ship, but he's now accused of failing in his duties to help with the evacuation.
Indeed, it was this close shave that inspired the Colorados and the National Party (known as the Blancos), to introduce a run-off this year, with the declared aim of keeping the Front out.
To prove its determination to get Saadiyat off the ground, it has declared that companies opening offices there will never pay any tax, can repatriate all their profits and capital, can import labour freely and need not take any local partners.
Mrs Arroyo recently broke off talks with its leaders, and declared war against them.
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Those policies led to a drastic algae drop-off in Lake Erie, which had been declared all but dead.
In the men's World Cup, Aksel Lund Svindal was declared downhill champion after Wednesday's event was called off.
Mr Karzai was declared Afghan president after a second round election run-off was abandoned when his sole remaining challenger pulled out, saying the vote could not be free and fair.
In the latest case, prosecutors said that part of the money declared for the purchase of US film rights was skimmed off to create illegal slush funds, reducing tax liabilities for Mr Berlusconi's Mediaset group.
The trial before Judge Kaplan, set to begin last week, went off the rails on October 6th when the judge declared inadmissible an important (there is some debate over whether he is really crucial) government witness, Hussein Abebe, who was prepared to testify that he sold Ghailani the TNT that killed 224 people.
Ultimately, Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, declared the program a failure and kicked approximately 200, 000 people off the rolls.
An SPL statement said the match in Ayrshire was called off due to "approach roads to the stadium being declared unsafe by the police".
Then, on August 1 with the Dow at 12, 000, the bull market trend off the March 2009 broke to the downside and I declared the onset of a new bear market.
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During the negotiations, Mr Cameron said he had fended off repeated attacks on the UK's rebate, which he declared "safe".
Last week, the board of Austin Independent School District declared a "financial exigency, " a move that will allow it to lay off more than 1, 000 teachers.
It was declared good, leaving Memphis a tick of the clock to inbound the ball but not enough to get off a final shot.
California power officials had declared a Stage Two electrical emergency for the fourth day in a row on Thursday, asking residents to turn off Christmas lights during peak usage times.
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Governors across New England and New York have declared states of emergency, and all cars and trucks -- except emergency vehicles -- must now be off Massachusetts and Connecticut roadways.
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