November 11, 2022 — The National Marine Fisheries Service is developing an amendment to incorporate the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts ban on commercial fishing into regional fishery management plans.
Originally declared during the Obama administration, partially overturned in the Trump years, and reinstated by President Biden, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument covers nearly 5,000 square miles of sea floor east-southeast of Cape Cod.