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Subchapter III: Fishery Zones of Chapter 1: Fishery Zones and Regulation of Foreign Fishing

Country/Territory
Palau
Document type
Legislation
Date
1990
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Palau National Code 1990 - Fishing (Title 27).
Subject
Fisheries, Sea
Keyword
Marine fisheries Traditional rights/customary rights Foreign fishing Maritime zone EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

Subchapter III provides for the establishment of a territorial sea of 3 miles, an exclusive fishery zone of 12 miles and an extended fishery zone of 200 miles. The Trust Territory Government, the Government of the USA and the Palau Maritime Authority shall cooperate in the delimitation of extended fishery zone when it overlaps a zone of another nation (Para. 147). The Subchapter also provides that traditionally recognized fishing rights in submerged reef areas, wherever located within the fishery zones of the Republic, shall be preserved and respected in accordance with the regulations of the Authority.

Full text
English
Website
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