Obama By Fiat Designates Area of Pacific Ocean As Monument And Out Of Bounds For Fishing

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by T-310

I made nothing up.

Then perhaps you'd cite where the White House said that "protecting it will prevent ocean acidification and combat climate change"? Because I sure don't see it in the press release.

Or is it that do you disagree that "providing a baseline for research" is materially different from "preventing"?

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by T-310

I made nothing up.

True, you didn't. You just regurgitated something that someone else made up.

[TrexDigit]

Originally Posted by T-310

His Lunacy also says the no fishing will help against ocean acidification and fight climate change. WTF???

They discuss researching ocean acidification and while this may some day help against it, they never claimed that as a goal.

The adjacent areas also provide an important ecosystem for scientific study and research. The pristine waters provide a baseline comparison for important scientific research that monitors and evaluates impacts of global climate change, including benchmarking coral bleaching and ocean acidification. The scale of the adjacent areas significantly enhances opportunities for such scientific research beyond the Monument boundaries established in Proclamation 8336.

The available scientific information indicates that the adjacent areas include important deep-coral species. For example, sampling from the U.S. Line Islands has identified deep-sea coral species not previously recorded from the central Pacific. Tropical coral reefs and associated marine ecosystems are among the most vulnerable areas to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. Protection of the ecosystem in the adjacent areas will provide the scientific opportunity to identify and further study the important deep sea corals.