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The fishing prohibitions in these unilateral monument declarations are not based on established, accepted science.

I lied. I do have another UC to submit to the record.

The prohibition of fishing in the monuments be rescinded so that these waters remain open to U.S. fisheries.

What does it say about the integrity of these advisory councils that we asked to actually give input, when it is totally ignored by administrations who make arbitrary decisions.

I have a great deal of respect for the mayor in New Bedford.

ATA strongly supports the call Chairman Bishop and Congresswoman Amata Radewagen have made in their letter to the President.

The text of the Antiquities Act is clear: Congress explicitly authorized the President to designate 'objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be…

There should be places that are off limits to commercial fishing, just as there are places that are off limits to hunting, drilling, mining, driving, smoking, nude sunbathing and other activities that may have negative consequences for…

Congress gave the President the authority to designate national monuments--on lands already belonging to the taxpayers--because the legislative process can grind to a halt and prevent special places from being protected in time.

For the U.S. Government to do so is a terrible example and precedent for other countries to follow.

He has called the Antiquities Act one of the most evil acts ever created and suggested that anyone who likes the Act should die.

Thank you and the committee members for your efforts to address the problems associated with the use of the Antiquities Act to designate protected areas in marine waters.

So, Mr. Hallman, if I could ask you, in your testimony, you seem almost as confused as I am as to why mid-water and surface fishing gear is prohibited without the discussion of what that alternative could mean in this particular area.

I should probably go first so I don't get worked up before I ask my questions.

The U.S. purse seine fleet is in fierce competition with fleets from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan.

These closures around remote, uninhabited U.S. islands in the Pacific include traditional and productive U.S. fishing areas.

The establishment of marine monuments completely pre-empts and usurps these long-standing, legally binding, and effective processes.

Bluntly said, limiting fishing via marine monuments makes no sense whatsoever. It is actually harmful, and it is detrimental to maintaining sustainable fisheries.