In recent news, President Barack Obama has declared the first national marine park in the Atlantic Ocean at the State Department's Our Ocean conference in Washington, DC. The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument lies at150 miles off the New England coastline, and is about the size of Connecticut. National Geographic's author Cynthia Barnett recently discussed this in her online article, and talked about both sides of the event very well. Barnett made sure she not only talked about the President's opinion, but also the opinions' of the fishermen whom are being affected by this. Even though Barnett talks about both sides, I also got the hint that she supported the Presidents perspective more than the fishermen's perspectives.
Terrific start to critical assessment! When you start to see which side the author is taking, it may interest you in reading more widely to find out what others say. I loved the images in the article that you reviewed, and I find the idea of a marine monument - something far off-shore, very interesting.
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