Office of Law Enforcement (OLE)

OLE is responsible for the enforcement of laws and regulations affecting coral reef resources arising from Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act as well as enforcement in NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries. OLE is also responsible for enforcement in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of provisions of the CITES and other international resource related crimes investigated under the authority of the Lacey Act.

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