ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20008
No(s). 18-5353 (D.C. Cir. Dec 27, 2019)

The D.C. Circuit affirmed a district court decision that upheld President Barack Obama's 2016 proclamation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast. Commercial fishing associations argued the monument exceeded the president's authority under the Antiq...