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Trump allows commercial fishing in marine monument

ERIC LEE / NEW YORK TIMES
                                Kitty Simonds, far right, executive director of the Honolulu­-based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, was in the Oval Office on Thursday as President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing commercial fishing access near the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Also present were American Samoa U.S. House Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, left, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
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ERIC LEE / NEW YORK TIMES

Kitty Simonds, far right, executive director of the Honolulu­-based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, was in the Oval Office on Thursday as President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing commercial fishing access near the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Also present were American Samoa U.S. House Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, left, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

IAN SHIVE / U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE VIA NEW YORK TIMES
                                At top, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, part of the national monument.
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IAN SHIVE / U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE VIA NEW YORK TIMES

At top, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, part of the national monument.

ERIC LEE / NEW YORK TIMES
                                Kitty Simonds, far right, executive director of the Honolulu­-based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, was in the Oval Office on Thursday as President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing commercial fishing access near the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Also present were American Samoa U.S. House Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, left, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
IAN SHIVE / U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE VIA NEW YORK TIMES
                                At top, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, part of the national monument.