News Summary April 22, 2025
Today’s Top Story: Presidential Proclamation Breathes New Life into Western Pacific Fisheries
In our top story today, Hawaiian and other Western Pacific fishermen are reacting positively to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order “Unleashing American commercial fishing in the Pacific,” which aims to open up marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing. As a result of the proclamation, the Hawaii longline fishery, a highly regulated fishery that targets tunas and swordfish, could again be able to fish productive areas without risk of overfishing and without competing with foreign fleets on the high seas...
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