President Obama declare on Tuesday that he think to create the worldly concern ’s largest marine protect area in the south - central Pacific Ocean , theNew York Times report . According toThe Washington Post , this will double the area of ocean globally that is fully protected , making the area out of bounds to various activities such as commercial-grade sportfishing and Energy Department exploration .
“ turn up in Hawaii , I get a line early to appreciate the looker and power of the ocean,”Obama saidat a White House event on Tuesday . “ And like Presidents Clinton and Bush before me , I ’m going to expend my authority as president to protect some of our most valued marine landscapes , just like we do for mountains and river and forests . ”
This statement comes just one week after theNOAA announcethat the American public can name marine and Great Lakes areas that they believe should be classified as home devil dog sanctuaries . It ’s a good week for our ocean .
Although the accurate size of the protected area has not yet been define , protection will come into force later on this twelvemonth after acomment period . During this sentence the White House will involvenumerous groupsin trace up the final plan including environmentalist , the sportfishing industry and regime official .
This annunciation is part of a broad effort by the United States get at protect our oceans and more plans are expect to be revealed this hebdomad . Secretary of State , John Kerry , is fronting the oceans opening move and is foretell on a concerted feat to protect our oceans .
“ Most people opine the sea is large than life , an endless resource impossible to demolish . But the great unwashed underestimate the enormous damage that we as humans are inflicting on the sea every day,”Kerry saidin a keynote lecture . “ We go the risk of basically breaking the entire ecosystem . ”
Not everyone correspond with the move , however , and Republican legislator have already slated the move , complaining that it will block commercial bodily function such as oil and flatulency drilling .
