Trump’s Hawaii Commercial Fishing Proclamation Targeted in Suit

President Donald Trump‘s proclamation opening the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing violates several environmental laws, including the Antiquities Act, environmental groups alleged in lawsuit Thursday.

The “Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific” proclamation, signed in April, illegally revokes protections outlined from previous presidents’ designations of tribal waters, groups said in a complaint filed with the US District Court for the District of Hawai‘i.

The Center for Biological Diversity and Kāpaʻa, the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i allege the National Marine Fisheries Service illegally greenlit fishing within the monument’s boundaries last month even though the “longstanding ...