Federated States of Micronesia

Acts

Marine Resources Act
Territory, Economic Zones and Ports of Entry
Admiralty and Maritime

Kiribati

Acts

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2017.
Fisheries Act 2010.

Other Marine Laws

Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 1983.
Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 2011 (No. 4 of 2011)..
Maritime (Amendment) Act 2019.
Maritime Act 2017.

Marshall Islands

Regulations

Fish Harvest Regulations 2020.
Fish Processing and Export Regulations 2020.
Fishing License (Third implementation Arrangement) Regulations of 2009 (Title 51 MIRC.
Protected Areas Network Regulations 2020.
Regulations Governing Marine Resources Under the Marine Resource Act, 1997.
Sea Cucumber Regulations of 2012.
3IA and 4IA Regulations on the FAD Buoy Tracking
Protected Areas Network (PAN) Act 2015.
PAN (National Santuaries of Bikar and Bokak) Regulations, 2024
Protected Areas Network (PAN) Act 2018.
Rules and Regulations on Foreign Fishing Agreements and Fish Processing Establishments..
Aquaculture Regulations 2019.
Aquarium Fisheries Regulations of 2015.

Acts

Marine Resources Act (Chapter 1, Title 33)..
(Fisheries) Amendment Act, 2011 (Title 51).
Fisheries Act.
Fisheries Enforcement Act.
Fishing Access and Licensing Act.
Management and Development of Local Fisheries Act.
Marine Mammal Protection Act 1990.
Marshall Islands Marine Resources Act 1997.
Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Zones Declaration Act 2016.
Tuna and Game-Fish Conservation Zone Act 1996.

Other Marine Laws

Declaration of Baselines & Maritime Zones Outer Limits: .
VDS e-Tender User’s Manual.

Nauru

Fisheries Acts and Regulations

Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Act 1997.
Nauru Fishing License (FAD Closure) Regulations 2009.
Nauru Fisheries Regulations 1998.
Fisheries Management Act 2024
Marine Resource Act 1978
First Implementing Arrangement .
Fisheries Amendment Act 2017.
Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority (Amendment) Act 2016.
Fisheries (Amendment)Regulation 2010.

Regulations

HMTC FFC122 Access by Fishing Vessels.

Acts

Interpretation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011.
Sea Boundaries Act 1997.

Palau

Acts

Palau National Code- Fishing 1990.
Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) Act
Fishery Zones and Regulation of Foreign Fishing (Title 27 of Palau National Code, Division 1, Chapter 1)..

Papua New Guinea

Statutory Legal Instruments

National Tuna Fishery Management 2014

Fisheries Acts and Regulations

Fisheries (Torres Strait Protected Zone) Act 1984
Fisheries Management Act (No 48 of 1998)
Fisheries Amendment Act 2015
Fisheries Management (Amendment) Regulation 2016
PNG and the Fight Against IUU Fishing .
Fisheries Management Regulation 2000 Part 1 and 2

Other Marine Laws

Whaling Act 1974
Marine Pollution Act 2013
Maritime Zones Act 2015 (Part 1 & 2)

Solomon Islands

Other Marine Laws

The Delimitation of Marine Waters Act, 1978 Act No. 32 of 21 December 1978 - United Nations.
Delimitation of Marine Waters Act 1978..
Maritime Safety Administration Act 2009 .
Shipping Act 1998 (No. 5 of 1998).

Acts

Fisheries Act, 1972..
Fishery Limits Act 1977..
Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1981..
Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1993..
Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (L.N. No. 85 of 1995)..
Fisheries (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (L.N. No. 4 of 2007)..
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017)..
Fisheries Regulations, 1972..
Fisheries Act, 1972..
Fisheries Management Act 2015.

Tokelau

Acts

Exclusive Economic Zone Fishing Regulations 2012.
Tokelau (Exclusive Economic Zone) Fishing Amendment Regulations 2019..
Tokelau (Exclusive Economic Zone) Fishing Regulations 1988, Amendment No. 1 (1989/268)..
Tokelau (Exclusive Economic Zone) Fishing Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/278)

Regulations

Marine Pollution Regulations 1990.

Other Marine Laws

Tokelau (Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone) Act 1977..
Tokelau Act 1948 No 24 .

Tuvalu

Fisheries Acts and Regulations

Marine Resources Act and consolidated 2022
Foreign Fishing Vessel Regulations 2004
Fishing Crew Regulation 2020
Fisheries VMS Regulations 2000
Conservation and Management Measures-PNA-3IA-Regulations-2009

Maritime Zones Act and Declarations

Maritime Zones Act 2012
Declaration of Archipelagic Baselines 2012_1
Declaration of Territorial Sea Baselines 2012_1
Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf 2015_V01 (2)
Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone 2015