August 26, 2016

Obama expands size of marine national monument in Pacific Ocean near Hawaii

With a stroke of his pen, President Obama quadrupled the size of a national monument off the coast of Hawaii Friday, banning commercial fishing from more than 582,500 square miles of the Pacific Ocean.

With the action, Mr. Obama is making the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument the world's largest marine ...

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