KOSRAE ISLAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT REGULATIONS
Palau Environmental Quality Protection Board (EQPB) Marine and Freshwater Quality Regulations, newly revised and adopted in 2020.
These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Fishing Zone Limit Regulations 2015 and shall come into force on the date of its publication by notice at the Office of the Beretitenti.
The objectives of these regulations are to;
* prescribe a protected area for the terrestrial and marine resources of the Phoenix islands.
* prescribe particular licences and permits for regulating certain activities in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area and to establish a schedule of penalties for all activities affecting the Phoenix Protected Area
* implement the Cabinet decision of approving the nomination of the Phoenix Islands protected Area to the World Heritage Committee