KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE ... - C3

Table 3: State Fishing Regulations
• No fishing, hunting or disturbance or possession or transport of any firearms of any
description, or other weapons, nets, traps, snares or objects or materials capable of killing,
or otherwise taking birds, animals, or marine life in Ngerukuid Islands Wildlife preserve. Also
no entry.
• No fishing all year round, no hunting, disturbance or possession of any fish in Ngerumekaol
Spawning Area (Ulong Channel).
• No fishing within one mile of the Ngemelis Island Complex.
• No fishing, hunting or disturbance of sardines within 100 yards of Ngkisaol (Inlet) Sardines
sanctuary.
• No selling of sardines (mekebud, merau, teber) at any time in Koror State.
• No fishing of sardines (mekebud, merau, teber) 4 days before and during the full moon.
• No fishing, hunting, taking or disturbance of any marine flora and fauna at Soft Coral Arch,
Cemetery Reef, and any marine lake, and Ngerkebesang Conservation Zone.
• No hunting or fishing, no taking, removal, or disturbance of any marine flora and fauna and
no entry of motorized watercraft at Ngederrak Reef Area (a permanent conservation
moratorium).
• All non-Palauan citizens and tourists must attain a fishing license to partake in recreational
fishing activities. Non-Palauan citizens are prohibited from fishing on any kind of land or
improvements to land on the Island of Koror, and may only engage in fishing activities from
a boat or registered watercraft.
• Licenses are required for all commercial fishing in Koror State Waters.
• In addition to no-take areas, the following fishing methods are prohibited:
Spearfishing using a spear or projectile powered by gas or any explosive mechanism;
Fishing with the assistance of any explosive substance or any harmful substance or poison;
Fishing using any net with mesh smaller than 3 inches on any side of the hole;
Commercial fishing within the reef by foreign licensee or any company with foreign
partnership or joint venture;
Drag and drift net fishing both inside and outside the reef except for the purpose of bait
collection;
Fishing using any net that is moved by any vessel;
Fishing using any form of mechanically compressed air or other breathing apparatus;
Receiving, buying, transporting, storing, using, eating, or selling any fish obtained in
violation of this law;
Fishing for trochus at any time except during the trochus season as mandated by the ROP,
unless further restricted by Koror State.
Table 4: Koror State Land Crab Regulations
The harvesting restrictions listed in Table 7 also include invertebrates. In addition, the Koror
State Land Crab Act prohibits the taking, possession, and sale of live or dead land crabs
(rekung el daob, rekung el beab, and kesuar) from midnight on the second day before the day
and night of the full moon, and on the day and night of the full moon for a total period of 3 days
around the time of each full moon. The act also prohibits the taking of undersized land crabs,
smaller than 3 inches (largest carapace width) and the taking, possession, sale, or exchange of
land crabs with eggs (berried) at any time.
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