A team of fisheries industry experts from Japan’s public and private sector are in Palau to assist the national government in assessing Palau’s domestic fishery network opportunities. The team met with President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. on December 4 to report on their collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism to assess […]
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Green Climate Fund eyed for domestic fisheries development
Minister of Natural Resources, Environment, and Tourism Umiich Sengebau said Palau is looking to tap into environmental finance markets to help the local fishing community and develop domestic fisheries. Sengebau said there is a plan to provide local fishermen with vessels in line with the designated Domestic Fishing Zone development once the Palau National Marine […]
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Sengebau says senators misinformed on vessel day scheme
Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism (MNRET) Umiich Sengebau claimed proponents of the move to delay the implementation of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) are “misinformed” by citing that revenues that Palau obtains from the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) will diminish. “You pass a law delaying something […]
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Palau to host 2019 PNA fisheries ministers meeting
Palau will host next year’s fisheries management meetings of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). The fisheries ministers from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Tokelau hold annual meetings to adopt policies affecting the multi-billion dollar western and central Pacific tuna fishery. The meeting […]