Amendment to Title 27 of Palau National Code, Division 1, Chapter 1 (RPPL No. 6-36).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act amends Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Palau National Code so as to improve regulation of foreign fishing and to protect and develop the Republic’s marine resources for the benefit of the people of Palau. The Act places restrictions on foreign fishing and empowers the Minister to adopt Regulations for the conservation, management, and exploitation of all living resources in the contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone of the Republic pursuant to sections 125 and 144 of this Title and to negotiate foreign fishing agreements. The Act also establishes a territorial sea of twelve nautical miles, a contiguous of 24 miles and an EEZ of two hundred miles and defines their boundaries.
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Long title of text
An Act amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Palau National Code to prohibit foreign fishing vessels from fishing within a 50 nautical mile radius to the east of the reef entrance to Malakal Harbor; to prohibit foreign fishing vessels from taking reef fish, turtles, rays, sharks, and marine mammals; to prohibit foreign fishing vessels from using steel leaders; to increase the penalties for certain violations of the chapter; to harmonize the scope of the Republic’s maritime jurisdiction with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); to add a new section 174 to 27 PNC to establish a tax on billfish of 40% of the actual revenues derived from the sale of billfish off-loaded and sold in the Republic; and for related purposes.
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Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No