Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific

The order directs Federal agencies to reassess the prohibition on commercial fishing within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) boundaries. The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council are identified as effective managers of regional fisheries. The order finds that appropriately managed commercial fishing would not harm the scientific and historic objects that the PRIMNM protects, and notes that the prohibition on commercial fishing has negatively impacted American fishing fleets and territories dependent on the fishing industry.