Sentence examples for marine monument from inspiring English sources

President Barack Obama will establish on Thursday the first national marine monument in the Atlantic, a move that's designed to permanently protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England.

To minimize these risks, marine monument designation would prohibit offshore oil development and transit shipping out to at least 25 miles offshore.

Indeed, the fate of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the East Coast's first marine monument, has already landed in federal court.

In 2014, I expanded the Pacific Remote Islands National Monument, creating the largest marine monument in the world, making it off-limits to development.

Now, the Obama administration is considering safeguarding these amazing seascapes in the same way, by creating the first national marine monument in U.S. Atlantic waters.

Aleutian Islands: A coalition of marine science and conservation organizations recently proposed designation of a 540,000 square mile Aleutian Islands National Marine Sanctuary, charting a path toward marine monument designation.

National marine monuments and sanctuaries would be permanently withdrawn from any leasing programs.

Marine monuments not mentioned in Zinke's final report are Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument surrounding the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ― one of the largest marine protected areas on earth ― and Marianas Trench Marine National Monument.

One of the ways NOAA intends to accomplish the latter is by approving "permit fishing in marine monuments" within 90 days, according to the document.

Within days of the forum, the Obama administration announced it would hold its own listening session--an indication they took the request for the new marine monuments seriously.

The acreages listed by Interior in its release for those two marine monuments do not account for those Obama-era expansions.