Agencies would include the Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food and Drug Administration, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Increased protection of natural fisheries is leading to better returns for at least some fish farmers, who now account for half the world's aquatic harvest.
In 1972, on the basis of data on toxicity to fish and migrating birds (but not to humans), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned virtually all uses of DDT.
The Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to either protect all the species on the candidates list by 2016 or determine that such protection is not warranted.