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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of Hawaii in the Leeward Islands northwest of the main islands.
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This can be true regardless of the size of the island in question - Australian species have been threatened by invasives, as have species unique to Laysan Island in the NW Hawaiian islands.
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(F) Laysan Island, provided that bottomfishing in accordance with the requirements of section 7 (a) (1) of this order shall be allowed to continue seaward of a mean depth of 50fm, unless and until the Secretary determines otherwise after adequate public review and comment;
Executive Order On Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2000
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(F) Laysan Island, provided that bottomfishing in accordance with the requirements of section 7 (a) (1) of this order shall be allowed to continue seaward of a mean depth of 50fm, unless and until the Secretary determines otherwise after adequate public review and comment;
Executive Order 13178 On Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2000
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For example, he says that no species of bird of paradise has been diminished in number by slaughter for the feather trade; that Florida still contains a supply of egrets; that the decrease in bird life should be charged to the spread of cities, towns and farms, and not to the trade; that the trade was "in no way responsible" for the slaughter of three hundred thousand gulls and albatrosses on Laysan Island!
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Laysan Island is two miles long by one and one-half miles broad, and at times it has been literally covered with birds.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Rabbits; killed in Louisiana, introduced on Laysan Island
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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One of his many success stories is the Laysan Teal which lives on the Laysan Island near Hawaii.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration diverted a ship that happened to be in the area for cleanup work to pick up seven people yesterday from Laysan Island, which has no airfield.
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He came from Laysan Island, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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