The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Palau’s International Coral Reef Center on marine protected areas, including the establishment of a sister sanctuary arrangement between Puipuiga lautele o le Gataifale o Amerika Samoa
New research shows how conservation policies can avoid having unintended consequences for local ecosystems and people.
Samoa has signed an agreement committing to preserve 30 percent of its ocean area. Some 36,000 kilometres of new marine protected areas are expected to come from the agreement.
Researchers at the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) are investigating the movement patterns of fish between open ocean and coral reef environments, in order to better gauge the connectivity between the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) and areas open to fishing.
![The Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, headquarters of the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. [Samoa news file photo]](/sites/default/files/styles/news_teaser/public/NMS_ASG.jpg?itok=zMHRcDgB)
National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa is seeking to fill seats on its advisory council, which represents the public’s interests in sanctuary matters and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent. The advisory council is composed of 17 voting members and 8 non-voting members, who serve
For over five years, the Palau International Coral Reef Center has been providing annual updates to the Rubekul Belau.
Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) research team has completed a report titled, “2019 Assessment of Ngermedellim Marine Sanctuary: Results indicate intervention is needed to boost reef recovery”, on the conservation area in Melekeok state.
In an effort to determine what organisms live in the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS), the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) will be using new technology called Environmental DNA (eDNA), according to the PNMS update published the beginning of this month. The approach, which invo
The Fisheries Protection Trust Fund, which is expected to help finance management of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS), has risen close to $3 million, according to the PNMS update published by the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) last week. The goal of the fund is to reach $
Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), with a total of 500,238 km2 (over 300,000 mi2 ), became a multi-zoned national MPA in 2015, through the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act. The larger zone, taking up 80% of the EEZ, is called the Sanctuary and is one of only 25 Large Scale Marine Protected Areas in the world. The Sanctuary is a strict marine reserve which prohibits disturbance, alteration, destruction, or extraction of any resource.