Connecticut Fighting Trump Proposal for Marine Monument; Commercial Fishermen Support Decision
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Hartford Courant] by Gregory B. Hladky
The Trump administration's efforts to reduce or revise national monument areas include a proposal to allow continued commercial fishing in the first U.S. Atlantic Ocean marine monument, which lies about 150 miles off New England's coast.
Connecticut environmentalists are troubled by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation, and activists are already gearing up for a major legal battle over the fate of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument.
"It's an incredible biodiversity hotspot ...
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