Chapter 1 of Title 19 of the Kosrae State Code (Marine Resources) - General Provisions. Country/Territory Micronesia, Fed. States Territorial subdivision Kosrae Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Fisheries, Sea Keyword Marine pollution Institution Policy/planning EIA Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Chapter: (a) gives interpretation related to protection and conservation of marine resources of the State of Kosrae; (b) defines the sovereign rights of the State relative to exploring, exploiting, conserving, managing, and developing living and non-living resources within the fishery waters; (c) charges the Department of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries with the administration of the management, conservation and development of state fishery waters; (d) grants regulation-making powers to the Director of the Department for these purposes; and (e) requires a person wishing to carry out an activity that may affect to quality of fishery water to inform the Director who may require a environmental impact assessment to be submitted. The Director shall have the right to submit comments before any final decision is made by any State government authority concerning any development or activity that may affect the environmental quality of the fishery waters. Full text English Website fsmlaw.org