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RESTORING AMERICAN COMMERCIAL FISHING IN THE PACIFIC
Proclamations
June 11, 2026

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Building on prior actions to strengthen American seafood production and support working fishing communities, this proclamation restores access to hundreds of thousands of square miles of Pacific waters for commercial fishing managed under existing Federal law. I have determined that restoring access to responsibly managed fishing grounds will promote economic opportunity while ensuring continued stewardship of our Nation’s marine resources.

On June 15, 2006, pursuant to the Antiquities Act (54 U.S.C. 320301), President Bush issued Proclamation 8031 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, later renamed the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. On August 26, 2016, President Obama issued Proclamation 9478 expanding that monument.

On January 6, 2009, pursuant to the Antiquities Act, President Bush issued Proclamation 8335 establishing the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument and Proclamation 8337 establishing the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument.

These proclamations imposed restrictions on commercial fishing within specified areas of the monuments. Prior to the establishment of these monuments, the marine resources identified in Proclamations 8031, 8335, 8337, and 9478 were subject to comprehensive Federal management and conservation authorities, including regulations that managed commercial fishing.