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tolerance zone

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noun

  1. an designated area where prostitutes can work without being arrested

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That lead to the Navy announcement Wednesday that it will negotiate with the fishing community of San Felipe, in Baja California state. to start sinking blocks outside the zero tolerance zone.

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Sea Shepherd has been working in the Gulf alongside the Mexican Navy to discourage illegal fishing in the area known as the ‘zero tolerance’ zone, and no fishing is supposedly allowed there.

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The area is known as the ‘zero tolerance’ zone, and no fishing is supposedly allowed there.

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It also called for federal regulators and industry organizations “to develop additional guidance and training specific to pipeline protection for marine dredging projects and to establish tolerance zone guidance for marine construction and dredging projects near pipelines.”

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The measure announced replaces the fishing-free “zero tolerance” zone in the upper Gulf with a sliding scale of punishments if more than 60 fishing boats are seen in the area on multiple occasions.

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