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Ngeanges Island, Palau.  Credit - www.islandconservation.org
Palau National Marine Sanctuary Named a Blue Spark in Growing Network of Outstanding Marine Protected Areas
November 3, 2023

The Marine Conservation Institute and the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), announced that Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) is a Blue Spark marine protected area collaboration.

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Photo: William Douros/NOAA
“World’s Toughest Row” connects two national marine sanctuaries across the Pacific Ocean
June 23, 2023

Fourteen rowing teams departed Monterey Harbor (in central California) this week for a rowing competition connecting the US West Coast with the Hawaiian Islands.

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Credit - Frank San Nicolas/The Guam Daily Post
A marine sanctuary proposal raises concern from residents
May 24, 2023

A proposal to turn large swaths of ocean into a protected marine sanctuary was met with pushback from residents concerned about the federal government taking more control over the waters of the Western Pacific.

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The coral reef that surrounds Palmyra Atoll is home to an incredible volume and diversity of fish (over 400 species) and other marine life. Image credit: Andrew Wright/USFWS
NOAA considers sanctuary in waters around Pacific Remote Islands
April 20, 2023

Today, NOAA announced it is starting the process to potentially designate a new national marine sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands area, as directed by President Biden and affirmed by the Department of Commerce on March 24, 2023.  The proposed area in

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Palau national marine sanctuary. Source - https://islandtimes.org/
Chiefs support Whipps position on seabed mining, urge full protection of PMNS
March 2, 2023

The Palau Council of Chiefs commended President Surangel Whipps Jr.

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Palau national marine sanctuary. Source - https://islandtimes.org/
PICRC researchers conduct two-week research cruise to the PNMS
December 2, 2022

Researchers from the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) have returned from surveying the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) using baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs).

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Ngeanges Island, Palau. Credit - https://www.islandconservation.org
PICRC and MOJ in Partnership – Outreach to Peleliu
August 26, 2022

Vice President and Minister of Justice J.

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Ngeanges Island, Palau. Credit - https://www.islandconservation.org
Palau Congress paves way for Blue Prosperity funding but keeps PNMS intact for now
July 21, 2022

Members of the Olbiil Era Keluau yesterday adopted amendments to the supplemental budget to pave way for the Blue Prosperity funding assistance, while Congress gave approval to the marine spatial planning.

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Credit - https://islandtimes.org/
“Ngdi teketekel ma terrudel” says Rubekul Belau of PNMS proposed amendment
June 10, 2022

“Ngdi teketekel ma terrudel”, said Rubekul Belau (Palau Council of Chiefs) citing a Palauan adage that means “while it’s being built, it is also being torn down”, referring to the proposal to amend the Palau National Marine Sanctuary law introduced as a rider in the FY 2022 Supplemental

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Credit - https://islandtimes.org/
There’s enough data now for marine spatial planning – Senator Sengebau
June 10, 2022

“There is enough available data now to do a marine spatial planning,” stated Senator Umiich Sengebau, also a former Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism (MNRET), the ministry that was renamed the Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture & Environment (MAFE)...We have all that in

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