President Surangel Whipps Jr. said Palau is still on track to host the Our Oceans Conference but looking into scheduling it for early 2022. “We’re still planning to host our oceans here. We’ve been having discussions with our partners.
During his first 100 days in office, President Surangel Whipps Jr reorganised the government with the creation of two new ministries, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE)...With the new ministry, he also intends to promote collaboration with the other Micro
Over $36,000 dollars’ worth of turtle shell jewelry have been seized from various vendors in Koror by Fish & Wildlife law enforcement officers in compliance with RPPL 10-24.
This 3.5 minute video reports on efforts to protect Palau’s National Marine Sanctuary now that foreign fishing fleets have left the area. Bernadette Carreon reports on progress and Richard Brooks videos and produces this special report on World Tuna Day.
...As the speed boat approached, the dolphins raced towards the bow and immediately began surfing the wake. The dolphins were now within touching distance and everyone immediately noticed that they were different...These could only be the excessively rare Fraser’s Dolphins.
Super high tides reaching 7 feet pushed inland at the end of March, again flooding coastal areas, homes and farms at low-lying areas. The flooding caused damage to properties, homes and producing farms.
The Melekeok Conservation Network (MCN) in partnership with the Palau Housing Authority planted Seba Grass to prevent erosion as a need to use resources for preservation and more efficiently to promote long-term sustainability of soil enrichment.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict Marine Law Enforcement from apprehending illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishers for criminal prosecution, Marine Law officers say that they are continuing to work to return poachers home empty-handed.
In 2015, palau, a nation of more than 300 coral and volcanic islands in the western Pacific Ocean, expanded on decades of marine conservation to create a 193,000-square-mile protected area encompassing an extraordinary 80% of its ocean waters.
