Regional variations and the increasing scarcity of freshwater in some parts of the world point to the possibility of disagreements over shared water resources as a leading source of conflicts in the 21st century. Some commentators on world politics have referred to ‘water wars’ to describe the possibility of violent conflict over this life-sustaining resource. Countries that share rivers can disagree over many things. For instance, a typical disagreement is a downstream (lower riparian) state’s objection to pollution, excessive irrigation, or the construction of dams by an upstream (upper riparian) state which might decrease or degrade the quality of water available to the downstream state.

Which act prohibits the use of poison and dynamite in the use of inshore fishing and regulates net sizes and construction of weirs?

National Regulation Fisheries Act of 1897

National Regulation Fisheries Act of 1897 prohibits the use of poison and dynamite in the use of inshore fishing and regulates net sizes and construction of weirs.