Why New England Aquarium is fighting back against the Trump administration

Decades of work at the New England Aquarium went into securing special protected status for an area of underwater canyons and mountains off Cape Cod.,, During a visit to Maine last Friday, President Donald Trump announced he was signing a proclamation to allow commercial fishing in the nearly 5,000-square-mile ecosystem, which was declared a national marine monument by former President Barack Obama in 2016.,, Vikki Spruill, the CEO and president of the New England Aquarium, called the Republican president’s proclamation“irresponsible and shortsighted.” “The Trump Administration has chosen a moment of national vulnerability to take aim at the environment,” Spruill said in a statement Monday, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic and the national protests against police brutality. >click to read< 13:00

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  1. sam Anthony parisi says:

    In all the years I fished there ,I never heard of any damage to the grounds .Our nets only went down to 100 fathoms or 600 feet the canyons go for 1300 feet .We need these grounds to survive and if anyone can show true information that we hurt whales ,dolphins ,turtles please provide it .SAm

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