NMFS Proposes Reopening Pacific Remote Islands Monument Waters to Commercial Fishing

The Trump administration on Monday proposed a rule to open the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM), which environmental groups call the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, to commercial fishing. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 9 and covers the monument expansion, US waters 50 to 200 nautical miles (nmi) around Johnston Atoll and Wake and Jarvis Islands. Comments are due Dec. 9...
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