Tell President Obama to designate the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts as a National Marine Monument!

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Under the surface of the Atlantic lie underwater kingdoms that support everything from blue whales to coral to algae to seabirds. this massive collection of marine wonders - known as the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts -- lies 150 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, and as deep sea mining and trawling technology advances, the future of this magical place is uncertain.

Without permanent protections, this vast underwater paradise, home to a vast array offragile cold water coral and the only seamounts on the Atlantic seaboard, could be lost forever due to threats from deep sea trawling, overfishing, and deep sea mining.

President Obama is considering designating the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts as a National Marine Monument but he needs to know you support permanent protections for this vulnerable underwater ecosystem.

Tell President Obama to designate the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts as a National Marine Monument!

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The communities of New England have long relied on the health and bounty offered by the Atlantic ocean to survive.  We must protect the ocean, particularly it's unique and special places that offer nutrients, oxygen, habitats and many other critical features that the ocean, now facing acidification and warming from climate change, needs more than ever.

The New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts have long been safe from damaging human impacts, being too distant and too deep for human exploration. The canyons, massive and deep, and the seamounts, featuring the highest peaks east of the Rockies are an ideal for an untouched ocean ecosystem, it's depths and heights creating an ideal mix of nutrients and oxygen. Plankton, squid and forage fish feed off the nutrients, drawing in over 1000 unique species from tuna, sharks, and marine mammals to seabirds and whales.

Scientists consider this area an ideal classroom, finding new species of plants and animals on each expedition among the corals, considered some of the most vulnerable wilderness areas in the U.S.  Left unprotected, and subject to technological advances in trawling and deep sea energy extraction, the knowledge and ocean conservancy education we could gain from this area would be lost forever, the fragile, slow-growing coral potentially eliminated for centuries.

Our oceans are struggling to keep up with the harmful impacts of climate change and human threats.  Now is the perfect opportunity to protect healthy, ideal ecosystems for generations to come, preserving the life-giving oxygen and nutrients they provide, the health of the Atlantic and the long-term sustainability of the communities that rely on it.

Please protect the Atlantic, make the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts a National Marine Monument now!

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