Posted on 09/17/2016 4:18:54 PM PDT by MarMema
President Barack Obama has created a 4,900 square mile no-go zone for commercial fishing and other activity off the coast of New England as the first-ever Atlantic marine monument, a move loudly hailed by many environmentalists, but drawing strong protests from the fishing industry as well as causing discomfort among some prominent Democratic politicians whose constituents are affected.
According to the White House, the newly protected zone, which focuses on a section of the lip of the continental shelf near the fishing grounds of Georges Bank, “includes three underwater canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon and four underwater mountains known as ‘seamounts’ that are biodiversity hotspots and home to many rare and endangered species.”
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LOL....and you call me a “sour-puss” .
I can read your words, I can not read your mind.
That’s a good thing for you!
You dont want to enter there :)
Will be having beans and ham tonight for dinner, so gas will likely come.
certainly there won’t be any declaration that would stop the installation of green windmills off the coast of Massachusetts.
Thank you for proving my point
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