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President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the Pacific
Posted by Sentrius on 9/25/14 at 10:30 pm00
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Barack Obama will use his presidential powers on Thursday to create the world’s largest marine reserve in the Pacific, banning fishing and other commercial activities across vast swaths of pristine sea populated by whales, dolphins and sea turtles and dotted with coral atolls.
Thursday’s proclamation will expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument reserve, created by George Bush, to about six times its current size.
It will ban commercial fishing and deep sea mining in about 490,000 square miles around remote tropical atolls and islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean, a White House fact sheet said.
Other vast swathes of the Pacific will also come under protection on Thursday, with the tiny island state of Kiribati due to announce that it will ban commercial fishing in one of the last great tuna grounds left in the world.
Kiribati’s no-take zone, around the Phoenix Islands protected area, will cover about 158,000 sq m, about the size of California. It comes into effect in January 2015.
Campaigners said the Pacific Remote Islands reserve – because of its sheer scale – would cement Obama’s conservation legacy.
However, they noted that Obama had dramatically scaled back the reserve following opposition from the commercial tuna industry.
The Marine Conservation Institute had been pressing Obama to expand the marine park to the fullest extent possible, around all seven islands and atolls, which would have pushed the limits of the no-take areas to about 782,000 sq m instead of the 490,000 being announced on Thursday.
But after protests from Hawaii-based tuna fleets, Obama opted to leave the seas around four of those islands – Howland and Baker islands, Palmyra atoll and Kingman Reef – open to fishing.
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re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by Draconian Sanctions on 9/25/14 at 10:34 pm to Sentrius
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However, they noted that Obama had dramatically scaled back the reserve following opposition from the commercial tuna industry.
Corporate Barry strikes again
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by Henry Jones Jr on 9/25/14 at 10:37 pm to Sentrius
Thank God he's focussing on the important things.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by SuperSaint on 9/25/14 at 10:37 pm to Draconian Sanctions
They are all the same, just a different letter on aide of their name
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by Tigah in the ATL on 9/25/14 at 10:53 pm to Sentrius
Is there nothing this board won't bitch whine and moan about?
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re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by HailHailtoMichigan! on 9/25/14 at 10:53 pm to Sentrius
Don't really have a problem with this.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by Yat27 on 9/25/14 at 11:07 pm to Tigah in the ATL
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Is there nothing this board won't bitch whine and moan about?
This is fricking unbelievable coming from you...
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7 pages on this shitty post? Good God. ...
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Nice job a-holes. A woman putting it on the line and your response is would you frick her. ...
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It's like a beavis and Butthead episode in here ...
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No. Grow up
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So you're weird as frick?...
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WTF? The PT is shitty enough without pics of women threads. Post a picture of your mom so she can be berated as well. a-hole.
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So much stupid in this thread. Grow a brain.
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Only a dick like you would disagree with what Emma Watson said.
That is just from your last 10 posts. You're constantly angry or offended by someone or something on this board. I have no idea how you could possibly survive a post quality check by an admin.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by Wild Thang on 9/25/14 at 11:13 pm to Sentrius
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President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the Pacific
I don't think I really have an issue with this, but I'm not in the fishing business.
However........
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Campaigners said the Pacific Remote Islands reserve – because of its sheer scale – would cement Obama’s conservation legacy.
This says everything about Obama. Dude is a fricking embarrassment.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by mmcgrath on 9/25/14 at 11:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Agree. I would tell the haters on this board to pick their battles, but we had a formal check-in on the coffee salute thread so...
Don't really have a problem with this.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by Sentrius on 9/25/14 at 11:18 pm to Tigah in the ATL
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Is there nothing this board won't bitch whine and moan about?
I didn't opine in the OP and I'm just sharing it on this board.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by davesdawgs on 9/26/14 at 12:56 am to Yat27
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That is just from your last 10 posts. You're constantly angry or offended by someone or something on this board. I have no idea how you could possibly survive a post quality check by an admin.
Yep, he's easily one of the worst posters on TD. I usually just skip over his posts.
re: President Obama to create world's largest ocean reserve in the PacificPosted by REG861 on 9/26/14 at 1:19 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Don't really have a problem with this.
this.
I'd rather him focus on the border, but this in itself is not a bad thing.
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