The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument sat off-limits to commercial fishermen for years. That changed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commercial fishing will return to a nearly 5,000-square-mile underwater sanctuary about 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This undated file image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made during the Northeast U.S.

President Donald Trump said he issued a presidential proclamation reopening thousands of square miles of protected Atlantic Ocean waters off New England to commercial fishing, saying the move would ...

President Trump is once again opening up a marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Late Friday afternoon, he issued a proclamation allowing for commercial fishing in the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Friday reopening a huge swath of protected sea in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Trump said the move would reestablish ...

FILE - This undated file image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made during the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013, shows corals on Mytilus Seamount off the coast of ...