US EditionCommercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
PACIFIC ISLANDS HERITAGE MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT, AUG 9 – A judge blocked resumed commercial fishing in the protected Pacific marine monument after a Trump order removed core protections without public input, affecting over 500,000 square miles.
- A judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists and blocked a Trump order allowing commercial fishing in a vast Pacific marine monument, citing lack of public comment and rulemaking process.
- The ruling requires boats fishing for sale to stop operations between 50 and 200 nautical miles around Johnston Atoll, Jarvis Island and Wake Island, according to Earthjustice.
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Federal court rules against Trump’s order to allow commercial fishing in marine monument
In April, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to open up the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing, alarming activists who fought to protect the area.
Los Angeles Times
El Vocero de Puerto RicoCommercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must stop once again, after a Hawaiian judge sided with the environmentalists who challenged this week's repeal of federal ocean protections by President Donald Trump's government.
Associated Press News
Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections.
Fishing in vast Pacific nature area halted after judge blocks Trump order
Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections
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