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Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic

Last year, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the decision Friday.
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Middle of the North Atlantic Ocean: Water, as far as the eye can see

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — An appeals court has upheld the creation of a federally protected area in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Fishing groups sued over former President Barack Obama's creation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in 2016. 

The monument comprises a 5,000-square-mile area that contains fragile deep sea corals and vulnerable species of marine life, such as right whales.

Last year, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the decision Friday.  

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