President Donald Trump in April decided to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument area, and his move is being challenged in federal court in Hawaii.

A group of Native Hawaiians and three environmental organizations are challenging the legality of a move by President Donald Trump to permit commercial fishing within a Pacific marine monument. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument; (photo/USFWS) President ...

Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, part of a national monument. A hui of Hawaiian cultural practitioners called Kapa‘a, along with the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Environmentalists are suing the Trump administration for lifting a ban on commercial fishing in a marine preserve southwest of Hawaii. Just days after President Trump lifted ...

HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 29, 2025 (ENS) – Sheltering island habitats, coral reefs, and open ocean, the seven national wildlife refuges of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument stretch ...

HONOLULU — Environmentalists are challenging in court President Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council which sets fishing policies will ask President Trump to allow commercial fishing in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National ...

A hui of Hawaiian cultural practitioners, the Conservation Council for Hawaii and the Center for Biological Diversity stopped President Donald Trump from allowing commercial fishing in parts of the ...