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Tuvalu is a small archipelago of nine atolls located in the South Pacific, between Australia and Hawaii. Though its land area is tiny (26 km²), the waters it controls are vast, covering about 750,000 km²—around twice the size of Germany. The people of Tuvalu have a deep connection to the ocean, as emphasized by the Prime Minister: "The ocean is all we have. We have very little land, the rest is ocean. There is a strong bond between our people and the ocean." Indeed, over 95% of Tuvaluans engage in some form of subsistence fishing.
