WABI • June 5, 2020
President Donald Trump has taken action to allow commercial fishing at the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts off the New England coast. The conservation area comprises 5,000 square miles east of Cape Cod that contains vulnerable species of marine life such as right whales and fragile deep sea corals. Trump used a visit with Maine fishermen on Friday to make the announcement. Environmental groups vowed to push back against the president’s actions. Following this event, Senator Angus King said: "The President’s decision today to roll back the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument designation won’t improve the prospects for our fishermen a fraction as much as reconsidering the tariffs that have wiped out years of time, toil, and energy invested by our seafood industry in developing new markets around the globe.”