This bill would prevent the President from using the Antiquities Act to prohibit or restrict fishing in marine national monuments. Instead, fishing in these protected ocean areas would be regulated exclusively under the existing Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which governs commercial and recreational fishing nationwide. The change affects fishing industry participants, conservationists, and anyone involved in ocean management, as it shifts decision-making authority over marine monument fishing rules from presidential proclamations to the standard fishery management process. The bill contains no funding provisions or specific timeline for implementation. By making this change, the legislation would limit executive branch authority to restrict fishing access to marine monuments and require that any new fishing regulations in these areas go through the established Magnuson-Stevens regulatory framework instead.
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