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- Jun 11, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Trump Opens Papahānaumokuākea and Two More Monuments to Commercial Fishing
- Proclamation 11035, signed on 11 June 2026, modifies the proclamations creating Papahānaumokuākea, the Mariana Trench and Rose Atoll monuments to remove certain monument-based prohibitions on commercial fishing[1]
- It opens the Mau and Hoʻomalu zones and areas seaward of 50 nautical miles in Papahānaumokuākea, the Islands Unit of the Mariana Trench monument, and waters between 12 and 50 nautical miles around Rose Atoll[1]
- Only US-flagged vessels may fish; existing limits within 50 nautical miles of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and 12 nautical miles of Rose Atoll stay, and fishing remains subject to Magnuson-Stevens[1]
- Commerce must amend or repeal inconsistent rules, including the Papahānaumokuākea sanctuary regulations, and weigh enforcement discretion in the meantime; Proclamation 10918 is clarified to remove prohibitions by itself[1]
- A federal court had voided NMFS's letter opening the first monument in August 2025 for skipping rulemaking[2]
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- [1]90%federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12283/restoring-american-commercial-fishing-in-the-pacificfederalregister.gov· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Jun 11, 2026 ✓· 75% of score
The proclamation is signed 'this eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-six' (Federal Register[3], 17 June 2026).
- [2]72%Commercial fishing halted in Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument upon US District Court ruling (Maui Now)mauinow.com· Published Aug 11, 2025· 15% of score
Background: in August 2025 a federal judge voided NMFS's letter opening the first monument because protections were removed without rulemaking.[1]
- [3]72%Proclamation 10918: Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific (Federal Register)federalregister.gov· Published Apr 22, 2025· 10% of score
The April 2025 proclamation that Proclamation 11035 modifies for the Pacific Remote Islands monument.[1]
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