Washington, D.C. — During the Upwell 2024 conference held at the Center for American Progress on June 4, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will soon implement final management plans for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument and the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. In response, Angelo Villagomez, senior fellow for Conservation Policy at CAP, issued the following statement:
These two marine monuments were designated during the Bush and Obama administrations, but their management plans have languished in bureaucratic limbo for years. This announcement is a critical step toward achieving effective management for huge swaths of protected waters in the United States and protecting 30 percent of the ocean by 2030. Together, these two monuments make up 8.2 percent of the protected oceans in our country alone.
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