FACT SHEET: President Obama to Continue Global Leadership in Combatting Climate Change and Protecting Our Ocean by Creating the First Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean (President of the United States)

(Source: President of the United States) Today, President Obama will designate the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, protecting fragile deep-sea ecosystems off the coast of New England as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. The new national monument - which encompasses pristine underwater mountains and canyons - will provide critical protections for important ecological resources and marine species, including deep-sea coral and endangered whales and sea turtles. President Obama will make this announcement in remarks today at the 3rdannual Our Ocean Conference in Washington D.C. Hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry, the conference brings...