By executive order, Obama created the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument which bans commercial fishing, mining and drilling within a 4,913-square-mile area.

“Russia is really the bellwether for the public order of the Arctic.”

—James Kraska

Robin Alden, a former commissioner of the state’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and current director of the Stonington-based Penobscot East Resource Center (PERC), has been named a White House champion of change for her work on sustainable seafood issues.

Coral reefs make up less than 1 percent of the ocean floor, yet they provide shelter for as much as a quarter of sea life.

Fishermen who set up a CCF can write off the money they add to the fund each year.

PHOTO STORY BY KATIE JOHNSON

Hilton Turner, chairman of the Zone C Lobster Council, said a survey of the zone’s membership earlier this summer showed 73 percent of respondents favored closing the zone’s open-access system.

“The compromise was prioritizing marine uses, but allowing other uses to spur investment.”

—Bill Needelman

An independent study predicts that … a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend would decrease carbon emissions by 33 percent…