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Who’s defending Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments?

Marine sanctuary in Pacific, 60M acres, managed by NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designated in 2009.

The defenders

Nobody has claimed this fight yet

No group in our directory carries Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.

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The situation

What’s happening to Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments

Two of the most remote and pristine protected places under American jurisdiction: the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument near the Northern Mariana Islands and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument near American Samoa. On June 11, 2026 a presidential proclamation reopened both to commercial fishing, the first extraction rollback of these Pacific monuments. The same proclamation reopened waters around Papahanaumokuakea. Earthjustice and Pacific conservation groups have vowed to sue, arguing the president cannot strip monument protections by proclamation.

  1. 2009Mariana Trench and Rose Atoll designated as marine national monuments
  2. 2026Proclamation reopens both monuments to commercial fishingFederal Register · June 11, 2026

No public comment window is open on Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.

Your move

How to stand for Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments

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A ready call script on Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments, plus any comment window as it opens.

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Every threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.

Threatened Lands Map

Build my lineup around Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.

Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments has defenders. It needs more.

The work is theirs. The backing is yours.

Every place, state and species
Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for Mariana Trench & Rose Atoll Marine Monuments, with per-item sources. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-28. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.