The fishing ban announced Sunday did not affect state waters west of the Mississippi River. Those waters represent seventy-seven percent of Louisiana's total seafood production.

周日颁布的禁渔令不影响密西西比河以西的水域，这些水域占到路易斯安那州海产品总产量的77%。

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Such concerns have blocked new drilling in Alaska's Arctic waters since 2003, despite a steep decline in oil production in the state and intensive lobbying by oil companies.

2003年以来，尽管阿拉斯加石油产量急剧下降，石油公司也在积极游说，类似的担忧已经阻止了该州在北极海域开发新油井。

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But very soon the water was churned by an AD hoc flotilla of boats and ferries flying the flags of almost every city, state and federal agency that works the waters around New York city.

但是很快平静的水面就被特别的救援船队和在纽约周边从事水上作业的渡船搅动起来，这些船只上悬挂着来自几乎各个城市、州以及联邦机构的旗帜。

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The fishing ban announced Sunday did not affect state waters west of the Mississippi River.

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Khan says the flood waters and the debris affected the airport runway,a hospital, the office of the state-owned telephone company, the bus stand,and a paramilitary camp.

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But fishing waters remain open in western parts of the state, for now.

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But outsiders kept fishing, claiming the locals couldn't dictate rules in state waters.

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Five years ago, the National Marine Fisheries Service instituted a fishery management plan to prevent overfishing of sharks in federal waters but the sharks aren't seeing the lines, apparently, and move in and out of federal waters and get caught in state waters where they aren't protected.

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But it should be given a chance to work before Britain embarks on the uncharted waters of state funding.

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