Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic

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On September 15, 2016, pursuant to the Antiquities Act ( 54 U.S.C. 320301 ), President Obama issued Proclamation 9496 (Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument), which designated approximately 4,913 square miles of waters and submerged lands where the Atlantic Ocean meets the continental shelf as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.