President Trump is once again opening up a marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Late Friday afternoon, he issued a proclamation allowing for commercial fishing in the

President Donald Trump reopened a nearly 5,000-square-mile preserve east of Cape Cod to commercial fishing, reversing Obama-era restrictions.

He signed a broader order earlier this year that calls on the federal government to reduce the regulatory burden on fishermen in the coming weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again revoked restrictions on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

The area affected is the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a federally protected marine zone east of Cape Cod that was originally created under former President Barack Obama to safeguard underwater ecosystems.

The administration has argued the U.S. fishing industry is hampered by overregulation compared with foreign competitors.

A protected marine area covering nearly 5,000 miles off the coast of Cape Cod will soon reopen to commercial fishing, Trump said.