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People in Palau, a small nation with a population of about 20,000, consume more wild fish per capita than nearly any other country in the world.

“PNMS belongs to the Palauan people, ours to benefit from and so if the intent of this bill to open up the marine sanctuary is to aid the economic recovery, we support that but we have to go back to the Palauan people to say, is it really going to benefit us as a people,” said King Sam, Director

Once again, a proposal to amend the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act (PNMS), a landmark conservation legislation Palau is known for, to allow foreign fishing within the Palau’s EEZ, is being entertained by OEK.

The Council of Chiefs (COC)of the Republic of Palau, in response to Senate Bill 11-33, which seeks to allow two-month harvest season per year for five years of adult Napoleon Wrasse (Maml) and adult Bumphead Parrot Fish (Kemedukl) for personal consumption, say they support limited season for the

Since 2018, the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) has been partnering with the Koror State Government (KSG) and Palau Visitors Authority (PVA) on a coral rehabilitation project. On June 15 and 16, PICRC Aquarist, McGee Mereb and Eveline van der Steeg, a Ph.D.

Rock Island Southern Lagoon (RISL) of Koror State celebrated its 9th year as UNESCO World Heritage Site, highlighting some of the unique contributions of RISL and conduct highly effective public awareness activities on June 29th, Tuesday this week...Inscribed into UNESCO World Heritage list

On January 1st, 2020 the Palau National Marine Sanctuary became one  of the largest protected body of water on planet earth.  It took years of planning from a team of visionaries, and sacrifices from the entire Palau community to bring this concept to life.   The hopes and dre

This nationwide study of fish populations is the first to evaluate the status of reef fish stocks across Palau’s archipelago and provides a baseline to continue assessing the changes in fish stocks over time...According to Dr.

Many of Palau’s fish species had been overexploited but they quickly propagated, allowing replenishment of stocks before they got depleted, according to the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC).

In 2019, the Protected Areas Network (PAN) initiated joint efforts with the Bureau of Maritime Security and Fish & Wildlife Protection that aims to create a training program to enhance enforcement coordination and develop a conservation academy curriculum for PAN Rangers.