Five controversial marine monuments in U.S. waters will not be eliminated, according to a report from U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke – but the Trump administration will consider whether to shrink their borders and change management rules to allow for more commercial fishing.
Zinke delivered his report, which was mandated by an executive order in April, on Thursday, 24 August. Zinke reviewed the status of federal protection of land and waters in the United States and investigated whether U.S. national monuments created under the statute of the 1906 Antiquities Act should be eliminated, reduced in size, or otherwise altered…