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

Pays/Territoire
Palaos
Type du document
Législation
Date
1990
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Palau National Code 1990 - Fishing (Title 27).
Sujet
Pêche, Mer
Mot clé
Pêche maritime Droits traditionnels/droits coutumiers Pêche étrangère Zone marine ZEE-Zone Economique Exclusive Mer territoriale
Aire géographique
Asie et Pacifique, Micronesie, Océanie, Petits états insulaires en développement, Pacifique Sud
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
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