NOAA Rescinds Fishing Ban in Northeast Marine Monument, Restoring Commercial Access
On April 3, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rescinded a regulation prohibiting commercial fishing within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument boundaries under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
This action is intended to align fishing regulations with the proclamation President Trump signed on Feb. 6, which restored commercial fishing access to all 4,913 square miles of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located off the New England coast, according to Expana's report...
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