A vast swath of the Gulf has been closed to commercial and sport fishing, a key economic lifeline for this impoverished area.

一片广阔的墨西哥湾沿岸已经停止了商业捕鱼活动。捕鱼活动是这片贫穷地区重要的生命保障。

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They're talking about a big area around them that would be closed to fishing, and we can't afford to have any more fishing ground taken from us.

大家谈论说周围一大片区域都要被圈走禁止捕捞。我们已经禁不起更多的海区被圈走了。

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Mr. BABBITT: Well, there was a nice compromise because President Clinton proclaimed a national marine sanctuary, which is about 80 percent of the way toward a national monument, which closed the area to most but not all fishing and set in motion a study of what kind of permanent protection there out to be.

NPR: Plans for Hawaiian Monument Laid in 1999