KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE ... - C3

• Protected Sea Life sets regulations relating to the harvest (possession)
and commercial activity (including export) of
the following species:
- Turtles (§ 1201)
- Sponges (§ 1211)
- Mother-of-Pearl (§ 1221)
- Dugong (§ 1231)
- Trochus (§§ 1241-1246)
• Illegal Methods of Capture outlaws the following methods of harvest for marine
species:
- Fishing with Explosives, Poisons or Chemicals (§§ 1301-1305)
- Other Prohibitions (§§ 1321-1326)
• Protected Land Life Prohibits the hunting or killing of any bird and taking of eggs in
Palau, except for 4 species.*
- All Birds (§ 1401) except for Gallus gallus, Porphyrio porphyrio, Cacatua galerita,
and Halcyon chloris
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• Preserves and Protected Areas created the following conservation areas:
- Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve (§§ 3001-3004)
- Ngerumekaol Spawning Area (§§ 3101-3103)
• National Heritage Reserve System (NHRS) Act (§§ 3201-3207) establishes a
mechanism for designing, recording, and managing conservation areas based on
nominations from the Ministry of Resources and Development. The following categories
were created:
- National Heritage Area
- National Heritage Preserve
- National Heritage Reserve
- National Management Area
• Palau International Coral Reef Center Act of 1998 (§§ 3301-3328) establishes
a self-sustaining, non-profit coral reef center and marine park that will provide a forum
for coral reef studies, research, and education. The Center is designed to assist in
improving the management, use, and conservation of Palau’s and the world’s marine
environment, in addition to serving as a tourist attraction.
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• Foreign Fishing (§§ 101-102) enacts its own fishery zone legislation to manage,
conserve, and regulate the harvesting of fish throughout their habitat, both within the reef
areas of islands and atolls, and in other areas within the jurisdictional competence of the
Republic.
- Ministry of Resources and Development (§§ 121-125)
- Fishery Zones (§§ 141-147)
- Regulation of Foreign Fishing (§§ 161-173)
- Enforcement and Penalties (§§ 181-190)
- Monitoring of Foreign Vessels in Exclusive Economic Zone (§§ 201-207)
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