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January 6, 2009

Bush to Create World’s Largest Marine Protection Area
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President Bush is set to announce the creation of the world’s largest
marine protection area. Under the plan, 195,000 square miles in the
Pacific Ocean will be preserved as marine national monuments. The areas
include the Mariana Trench and northern Mariana Islands, the Rose Atoll
in American Samoa and a chain of remote islands in the Central Pacific.
Under the plan, Bush will sharply restrict oil and gas exploration and
commercial fishing in the protected areas.



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