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In 1970 the awareness of our ocean getting polluted increased and people began to do things about it. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were created in 1970. Congress also began to take charge and help clean our oceans by passing the Clean Water Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Endangered Species Act. These acts are key laws that help protect our ocean from pollution, over fishing, endangerment and many more issues. Even though these acts were established our ocean still remains at risk. Just a few people cannot clean the ocean; there are things all people should be doing to help conserve our ocean. One issue that people need to start helping with is sea turtle extinction. Our actions such as egg collecting, hunting for sea turtle meat or shells, accidental capture in fishing nets, damage and loss of important habitat, and marine pollution have an effect that makes sea tu