Trump opens up Pacific marine national monuments to commercial fishing

President Trump signed a proclamation opening three marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing. This action reopens nearly half a million square miles of previously protected waters located around the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The order specifically targets sections of federally protected marine areas, allowing commercial fishing operations to resume in these regions of the Pacific Ocean, reversing previous protections established for these specific marine national monuments.