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Article: Marianas islanders oppose western Pacific monument: Bush seeks to close 115,000 square miles.(Around the coasts)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
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- National Fisherman
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- January 1, 2009
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Atsunami of opposition has risen from Mariana Trench islands and crashed into President George Bush's executive order proposal for a Marianas national marine monument.
Located in the far western Pacific Ocean, the no-fishing Marianas monument would encompass 115,000 square miles of fishing waters off U.S. possessions Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands.
The region is managed by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. However, the monument would be established under the 1906 Antiquities Act, which enables the president to protect areas of "historic or scientific interest" without approval from Congress.
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