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Palau is a small Pacific-island nation that sits 930 miles east of the Philippines CREDIT: MIKHAIL FLORES /AFP
September 11, 2020
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Upcoming elections and the economic impact of COVID-19 have put higher pressure on the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) to pay off in creating more sustainable pelagic fishing sources for Palau. An update on the PNMS published by the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), now the Administrator for the no-take zone, seeks to outline the steps PICRC is taking to track pelagic movement into the fishing zone, and prepare Palauans to catch them.

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