President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday overturning an Obama-era ban on commercial fishing in the nearly 500, 000-square-mile Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument ...

The order effectively ends commercial fishing prohibitions in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, a coral-rich section of the Pacific roughly halfway between Hawaii and American ...

The Trump administration is opening a national marine monument to commercial fishing, it announced Thursday. The White House issued an executive order that allows for commercial fishing within the ...

A group of Native Hawaiians and three environmental organizations are challenging the legality of a move by President Donald Trump to permit commercial fishing within a Pacific marine monument.

A new marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean aims to protect one of the most biodiverse spots on the planet from overfishing. Located 130 miles off Cape Cod, the area spans more than 3 ...

The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument was created by President George W. Bush in 2009 and expanded by President Barack Obama in 2014. It includes seven national wildlife refuges ...