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The proposed
sites - a 14-square-mile (36-square-km) section in the Mallows
Bay-Potomac River waters of Maryland, and an 875-square-mile
(2,265-square-km) area of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, will be the
first new National Marine Sanctuaries since 2000, the
administration said. The proposals will be open for public
comment through Jan. 15, 2016.
In a video address on Monday to the second "Our Ocean"
international conference in Chile, Obama plans to say that "he
will look for opportunities to protect even more of our waters
in the months ahead," the White House added.
It said the State Department would announce during the
conference additional steps and commitments from the United
States and other governments to protect the world's oceans.
Also on Monday, the State Department will launch a global
initiative, called Sea Scout, to help in the fight against
illegal and unregulated fishing, the White House statement said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will
announce steps as well to provide data and technical assistance
to target illegal fishing, including a space-based monitoring
sensor that will be implemented next year in Indonesia, the
Philippines and three other countries.
(Reporting by Peter Cooney; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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