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In April, Niue, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, designated its entire exclusive economic zone — an area about the size of Vietnam — as a multiple-use marine park called Niue Nukutuluea.

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) is still coming into Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) confirmed the National Security Coordinator Jennifer Anson. Satellite images provided by Ocean Mind, a partner that Palau works with often show IUUs within Palau’s EEZ, revealed NSC A

A former leader of Palau is "frustrated" about the foreign fishing lobby trying to influence national leaders to get rid of a critical law aimed to protect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The Sea Dragon aerial surveillance program by the United States which can cover thousands of kilometers an hour is expected to kick off late this year.

The Tongan government has approved the Tonga Ocean Management Plan, a milestone in the work to ensure sustainable management of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Small island states in the Pacific are opening a new front in the fight against rising seas, to secure rights to an ocean area bigger than the moon that is home to billion-dollar fish stocks.

The Cook Islands is expecting a formal declaration of its sea borders to help in the battle against illegal fishing.

The Pacific Islands Forum is calling for changes to the law governing the region's maritime boundaries. A Regional Conference on Securing the Limits of the Blue Pacific focused on the legal options, institutional responses to the impact of sea-level rise on baselines and the context of inter

There is no doubt that the Pacific’s ocean needs to be better managed so that respective countries in the region can gain the maximum benefits. This is something the Government of Tonga believes should be done urgently...Tonga plans to implement the Ocean Plan by the end of this year.

In the first days of 2020, the Pacific Ocean archipelago nation of Palau took the momentous step of protecting 80 percent — 500,000 square kilometers — of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) from fishing.