{"id":1253,"date":"2026-06-12T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:04:16","slug":"trump-signs-proclamation-to-open-marine-monuments-to-commercial-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1253","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs proclamation to open marine monuments to commercial fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; President Trump signed an executive proclamation Thursday aimed at restoring commercial fishing access in protected areas of the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1252\">Waimanalo sunflower fields to reopen after Kona low flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nearly half a million square miles of ocean include zones of the Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The expanded fishing grounds include:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Trump said the action removes unnecessary restrictions on American fishermen and U.S.-flagged fishing vessels, enhancing domestic seafood production and lowering prices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will support millions of dollars in annual harvest,\u201d Trump said during the signing in the Oval Office. \u201cIt will protect small local fisheries and coastal communities that depend on their livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will increase domestic seafood production to help lower costs for American communities \u2014 and you\u2019re talking about millions, tens of millions of dollars of income,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Kingma, the executive director of the Hawaii Longline Association, was among those present for the signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action is really about balancing interests in U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones,\u201d Kingma told the president. \u201cYou can have both ocean protection under our laws, as well as sustainable fishing. And that\u2019s what this is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council also welcomed the news. Last September, it voted in favor of a Trump executive order to study allowing commercial fishing in Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea.<\/p>\n<p>Critics called it a reckless attack on the world\u2019s greatest ocean sanctuaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the main thing is disappointment that the Trump Administration would take such drastic steps to privilege special interest groups in terms of industrial longline fishing,\u201d said Kekuaewa Kikiloi, co-chair of the Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1250\">First-ever Island Fest brings international club volleyball to Hawaii<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s showing that he\u2019s just doing it again, and we\u2019re watching the systemic dismantling of America\u2019s ocean protections, monument by monument, ocean by ocean,\u201d said Maxx Phillips, the Hawaii and Pacific Islands Director for the Center for Biological Diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Kingma told the president, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more work to do because there\u2019s a tremendous seafood deficit in trade. Imports are undercutting us left and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fishing industry is meeting all of their quotas already, so it\u2019s not an issue of a lack of supply,\u201d said Kilikoi.<\/p>\n<p>Earthjustice says it plans to take legal action.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cScience-backed management for the benefit of current and future generations requires protected marine areas,\u201d said David Henkin, deputy managing attorney with Earthjustice\u2019s Mid-Pacific Office. \u201cSafe havens allow marine life to maintain healthy populations and prevent corporate greed from stripping the ocean of life. We\u2019ll see the administration in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earthjustice filed a similar lawsuit against the Trump administration in 2025 over the opening of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument \u2014 which encompasses about 490,000 square miles of ocean southwest of Hawaii \u2014 to commercial fishing. A Hawaii judge blocked Trump\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>Kingma told Hawaii News Now in a statement after the signing, \u201cThis proclamation initiates a regulatory review process and does not immediately reopen any portion of the monument expansion area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIf access is ultimately approved through the federal regulatory process, Hawaii-based vessels would continue operating under some of the world\u2019s most comprehensive fisheries management and conservation requirements, including vessel monitoring systems, observer coverage, protected species mitigation measures, catch reporting requirements, and strict federal oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NOAA said its National Marine Fisheries Service and partners will continue coordinating with regional fishery management councils while balancing ecosystem management with commercial fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1248\">State Budget and Finance director to serve as acting governor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nearly half million square miles of ocean include zones of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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