Marine Sanctuary

On June 17, 2014, President Obama announced a massive expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands marine sanctuary to protect the rich ecological areas adjacent to seven Pacific islands and atolls. Obama used his executive authority, based on the Antiquities Act of 1906, to cover protection of nearly 782,000 square miles in the Pacific from overfishing, marine pollution, and other depredations. This smart but bound-to-be controversial move vastly...

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