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Fishery groups sue to get rid of Obama‘s New England ocean monument
We posted an article that wasn’t true, and we need to set the record straight – >click to read< 09:19
A coalition of commercial fishing groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge the creation of a national monument off the coast of New England. President Barack Obama created the monument in September using executive authority under the Antiquities Act. The monument is called the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, and it is made up of nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains. >click to read< 17:37
