Trump Opens Protected Pacific Waters to Commercial Fishing (1)

President Donald Trump on Thursday opened protected Pacific Ocean waters to commercial fishing, lifting restrictions that barred the activity within three marine national monuments.

With a presidential proclamation signed in the Oval Office, Trump removed the fishing limits within portions of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument near Hawaii, the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument near Guam and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument near American Samoa, an administration official said.

All three of the marine monuments were first designated by former President George W. Bush, a Republican. The monument in Hawaii was subsequently expanded by both former Presidents Barack ...