Email Your Rep: Marine National Monuments
In early February, the Trump administration opened up the Northeast Canyons and Seamount Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. This MPA was established during the Obama administration to conserve these productive canyon and seamount ecosystems, home to a variety of endangered cetaceans and extensive deep sea coral populations. The monument is located in the Northeastern Atlantic ocean, which is warming over 3x faster than the global national average. It is imperative that we minimize stress to the organisms living in this area to improve their resilience to rising temperatures.
What You Will Do:
Contact your representative and tell them you oppose this change, and urge them to speak out against this action. The Trump administration did not open up the public comment period before making this decision, so now is the time to speak out.
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