THE REVELATOR • June 11, 2020
While most eyes were elsewhere last week, President Trump signed a proclamation to remove fishing restrictions within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. The 4,900-square-mile marine protected area off the coast of New England is home to numerous endangered species and fragile deep-sea corals that can live for thousands of years. Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.