commercial fishing
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Top Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) officials have welcomed US President Donald Trump's executive order, which will open up nearly half a million square kilometers of protected Pacific waters for commercial fishing, despite warnings from conservation...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Recent media responses to President Trump’s April 17, Proclamation to restore access for American fishermen to the waters between 50 to 200 nautical miles (nm) offshore within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIHMNM) have raised questions and some confusion...
Tarawa, KIRIBATI — One of the directors of the Phoenix Island Protected Area Trust said the marine sanctuary is a conservation treasure for the world.
The Kiribati Government has announced it's planning to end the protected status to allow commercial fishing within the World Heritage Site's...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lolo Moliga on Tuesday continued his pressure campaign to compel the Trump Administration to reopen the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) to commercial fishing.
In a letter to President Donald Trump, the Governor once again urged the...
Washington, D.C. — US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has just made commercial fishing a higher profile issue in the 2020 race for the White House, introducing a “Blue New Deal” that includes several proposed changes that commercial fish harvesters and wholesalers will love and a few others...