{"id":865633,"date":"2026-06-14T00:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T00:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/865633\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T00:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T00:46:20","slug":"trump-attempts-to-allow-commercial-fishing-in-protected-pacific-ocean-marine-zone-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/865633\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump attempts to allow commercial fishing in protected Pacific Ocean marine zone : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   June 13, 2026, 8:00 AM HST  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that would allow commercial fishing in several Pacific Ocean marine monuments that environmentalists say would threaten the critical habitat of several endangered and threatened species within and around the protected zones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bigislandnow.com\/file\/bigislandnow\/2017\/09\/Taape.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taape-1024x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187685\"\/><\/a>Bluestripe snapper, ta\u2018ape, threespot damselfish and oval chromis damselfish are seen swimming around lobe coral, p\u014dhaku puna and table coral at French Frigate Shoals in Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument. (File Photo: James Watt\/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The proclamation would open to commercial fishing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mau and Ho\u2018omalu Zones of Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Islands Unit of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rose Atoll Marine National Monument.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earthjustice vowed to take legal action in response to the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCommercial fishing in our protected marine monuments would not only be disastrous for the environment, but also does nothing for the fishing industry,\u201d said Earthjustice Mid-Pacific Office Deputy Managing Attorney David Henkin in a press release, adding US-based fisheries hit their catch limits for tuna every year regardless of whether commercial fishing is allowed inside the monuments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henkin said science-backed management for the benefit of current and future generations requires these protected marine areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSafe havens allow marine life to maintain healthy populations and prevent corporate greed from stripping the ocean of life,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see the Administration in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news follows similar attacks by the Trump Administration in 2025 on the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and earlier this year on Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a reckless attack on the world\u2019s greatest ocean sanctuaries,\u201d said Center for Biological Diversity Hawai\u2018i and Pacific Islands Director and Staff Attorney Maxx Phillips in a statement. \u201cOpening all these protected waters to commercial fishing ignores science, undermines native stewardship and risks irreparable damage to our oceans for no public benefit. We\u2019ll fight hard against Trump\u2019s short-sighted attempt to plunder these incredibly biodiverse waters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earthjustice sued on behalf of K\u0101pa\u02bba, the Conservation Council for Hawai\u2018i, and Center for Biological Diversity for the Pacific Islands Heritage proclamation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal district court in August 2025 struck down the resumption of commercial fishing in the monument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 13, 2026, 8:00 AM HST President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that would allow commercial fishing in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":865634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[23],"tags":[352834,186481,352835,746,352836,352837,352838,352839,352840,352841,352842,5005,352843,159,352844,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-865633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-centers-for-biological-diversity","tag-earthjustice","tag-endangered-and-threatened-species","tag-environment","tag-islands-unit","tag-mariana-trench-marine-national-monument","tag-marine-monuments","tag-mau-and-hoomalu-zones","tag-new-proclamation","tag-open-to-commercial-fishing","tag-papahanaumokuakea-marine-national-monument","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-rose-atoll-marine-national-monument","tag-science","tag-threaten-critical-habitat","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116745706112279921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}