Trump allows commercial fishing in vast Pacific reserve

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would allow commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing for the first time in more than a decade industrial operations in a vast Pacific area dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales. Trump issued an executive order opening the Pacific Islands National Marine Heritage Monument, located about 1200 kilometers west of Hawaii. President G…

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Trump allows commercial fishing in vast Pacific reserve

Washington (AFP) April 18, 2025 Commercial fishing will be allowed in a gigantic marine reserve home to one of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems in the middle of the Pacific under an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump. The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) was created in 2009 by then-president George W. Bush, and extended by his successor Barack Obama in 2014. Today it

The US president lifts the protections of a sensitive ecological zone of the Pacific, to the great shame of the environmental defenders. In a controversial decision, the US administration has authorized the resumption of commercial fishing in a protected marine area of the Pacific, classified for its exceptional biodiversity. This presidential decree, signed this week, puts an end to [...] The Trump article opens the doors of a marine sanctuary …