President Trump signed a proclamation in June attempting to reopen commercial fishing in zones of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and other protected Pacific waters. In June, President Trump signed a proclamation to allow commercial fishing in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a protected marine monument with boundaries that begin near the coast of Kaua‘i and the neighboring island of Ni‘ihau. The monument is a pu‘uhonua, or place of refuge, for Hawai‘i’s ocean species, protecting nearly two dozen endangered and threatened species — including the Hawaiian Monk Seal and the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle — while providing the wintering habitat for two-thirds of the humpback whales in the Hawaiian Archipelago.