Pacific marine monuments opened to fishing

Trump executive order opened Papahānaumokuākea, Mariana Trench, Rose Atoll, and Palmyra Atoll marine national monuments to commercial fishing, threatening shark populations. New aerial surveys in the Northeast Canyons and Seamount Marine National Monument document abundant elasmobranchs (whale sharks, manta rays, devil rays, hammerheads), highlighting the conservation value of protected areas and the stakes of the monument openings.