To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments.

The bill would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit the use of Presidential proclamations under the Antiquities Act to ban or regulate fishing in marine national monuments, ensuring that any fishing regulations in these areas must instead be established through the existing fishery management process under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This change would affect how fishing activities are managed in marine national monuments by removing executive authority to impose fishing restrictions via proclamation and requiring such rules to follow the standard fishery conservation and management framework. The bill maintains that fishing in these monuments remains…

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