Trump administration defends Obama’s Atlantic monument – Requests Judge dismiss Fishermen’s lawsuit

The Trump administration on Tuesday defended an underwater monument established by former President Barack Obama to protect marine life in the Atlantic Ocean and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from fishermen trying to eliminate it. The fishing groups sued in federal court in Washington, challenging the creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument by the Democratic former president in 2016. It’s a 5,000-square-mile area off of New England that contains fragile deep sea corals and vulnerable species of marine life, such as right whales. >click to read< 13:22

One Response to Trump administration defends Obama’s Atlantic monument – Requests Judge dismiss Fishermen’s lawsuit

  1. Joel Hovanesian says:

    Thrown under the bus yet again. We have become pawns in an ugly game that isn’t based on any reality whatsoever. Only an uprising will end this charade.

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