NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has rescinded prohibitions on commercial fishing within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument boundaries.
This aligns fishing regulations with the Executive Proclamation Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic to reopen the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to commercial fishing.
‘Through this Executive Proclamation, the president delivered on his promise to bolster the American fishing industry and fishing communities,’ said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
‘Restoring fishing in the Northeast Monument sends a signal that our fishermen are valued in the United States.’
Due to upwellings of deep, cold water, the 4,913 square miles of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is home to numeerous resources including Atlantic deep-sea red crab, squid, Atlantic mackerel, and Atlantic tunas and swordfish.
