A group of Native Hawaiians and three environmental organizations are challenging the legality of a move by President Donald Trump to permit commercial fishing within a Pacific marine monument.

The Hawaii Longline Association called commercial fishing in the vast and deep waters around the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine ... any intrusions by foreign vessels. Studies differ on the ...

Trump opens protected Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing The executive order will allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish commercially within 50 to 200 nautical ...

Under the proclamation, commercial fishing by U.S.-flagged vessels was to be permitted only ... as an assault on the Pacific’s cultural heritage and biodiversity. “For generations, Pacific ...