Just read the following piece:
Today, President Bush designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean as marine national monuments. By designating these areas as national monuments, the Administration ensures that the marine environment will receive the highest level of environmental recognition and conservation. Destruction or extraction of protected resources within the boundaries of these monuments will be prohibited, as will commercial fishing in the coral reef ecosystem areas of the monuments. Scientific and recreational activities may be permitted consistent with the care and management of the protected resources of these monuments. For marine life and seabirds, these places will be sanctuaries to grow and thrive.
* Combined, these designations represent the largest fully protected area in the world. Under the President’s plan, 195,274* square miles will be conserved.
We now have the following new Monuments
1.) Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
2.) The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
3.) The Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
It’s about time something positive happened to the Ocean under this administration! Tours to all 3 Monuments will be starting up as soon as McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Hot Dog on a Stick finish building they’re underwater storefronts!
Seriously, this is a step in the right direction, hopefully we keep going that way.
