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Proc 10049ProclamationTrump 45 · R

Proclamation 10049

Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

This proclamation amends the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to lift the prohibition on commercial fishing within its boundaries, allowing fishing to proceed under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other applicable laws. It deletes specific paragraphs from Proclamation 9496's prohibited and regulated activities sections but leaves the monument designation and all other management provisions intact.

Federal Register Open PDF 85 FR 35793

Key directives

  • Delete paragraph 6 from 'Prohibited Activities' section of Proclamation 9496
  • Delete paragraph 5 from 'Regulated Activities' section and re-designate paragraphs 6 and 7 as 5 and 6
  • Clarify that paragraph 4 of 'Prohibited Activities' does not apply to commercial fishing conducted under Magnuson-Stevens and other applicable laws

Timeline

Immediate

  • Commercial fishing prohibition lifted upon proclamation signing

Near term (90d)

  • Fishermen may resume operations under Magnuson-Stevens regulations

Long term

  • Potential legal challenges to Antiquities Act modification authority
  • Ongoing monitoring of monument ecosystem impacts

Risks & tensions

  • Legal uncertainty: prior litigation established that Antiquities Act may not authorize reduction of monument protections
  • Potential conflict with conservation objectives of original monument designation
  • Economic vs. ecological trade-off in marine protected area management
Proclamation 10049: Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument · Executive Orders