Taking on Trump to protect the Atlantic’s only marine national monument

By: Gareth Lawson

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 536

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The Trump administration has unlawfully opened up the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. They don’t have the authority to do this. That hasn’t stopped them – so Conservation Law Foundation and our partners will. We just filed a lawsuit with the Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council, and whale watch naturalist Zack Klyver to block this reckless attack on the jewel of the Atlantic Ocean.

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