Resulting from a presentation to the club in February, Dave McGuire informed the club about an effort by the Trump administration to open two large areas that are Marine Monument and Sanctuaries.
Urgent action is needed to prevent this catastrophe!
July 1, 2025 Administration Adds Rose Atoll Marine National Monument and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and National Marine Sanctuary to list of amarine protected areas to be opened to commercial fishing. A new effort is now underway to open the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to commercial fishing, led by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, a regional U.S. agency based in Hawaii.
This year, President Donald Trump has proposed shrinking or eliminating protection in existing National Monuments and opening the Pacific Marine National Monuments to commercial fishing.
Established in 2009, the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is approximately 130 nautical miles east-southeast of Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa. Rose Atoll is the easternmost Samoan island and the southernmost point of the United States.
