MAINE PUBLIC • October 8, 2021
President Biden is re-imposing fishing limits in a vast undersea mountain range that conservationists say plays a vital role in the health of North Atlantic ecosystems and fisheries. President Obama established the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument in 2017. A ban on commercial fishing was supposed to go into effect in 2024. But last year, during a stop in Bangor, President Trump announced he was lifting it. Few, if any, Maine boats fish in the monument zone. But many Maine fishermen do oppose the ban.