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Overall progress in management effectiveness for protected areas in PNG (refer to page 10)

Map of observations of marine plastic pollution dumping from purse seine operations in the Marshall Islands.  

Map of number of invasive species per atoll within the Marshall Islands exclusive economic zone.

Map of number of endemic species per atoll within the Marshall Islands exclusive economic zone.

Produced by the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority

Map of Ramsar Wetlands in the Marshall Islands that depicts locations within the exclusive economic zone.

Map of the Nauru Island Key Biodiversity Areas.

Locality of Nauru Island hydrology feature - Buada Lagoon.

The map shows Nauru Island EEZ boundary.

The maps highlights areas with significant shift in the shoreline  by overlaying shoreline data  from Nov 2021 and January 2022

The maps highlights areas with significant shift in the shoreline  by overlaying shoreline data  from Nov 2021 and January 2022

Based on section 102 and 103 of the Act that amends the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, it describes the territorial sea as being established by twelve nautical miles' breadth. The inner boundary of the Territorial Sea of each island or atoll is the baseline. The outer boundary is a line, every point of which is twelve nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline.

The 24 nautical miles Contiguous Sea for FSM is defined under section 105A in the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia and it states that comprising those areas of the sea that are beyond and adjacent to the Territorial Sea. The inner boundary of the contiguous zone is the seaward boundary of the Territorial Sea. The outer boundary of the Contiguous Zone is a line, every point of which is not more than 24 M seaward of the nearest point of the baseline as defined in section 101.