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

Aquaculture Regulations 2019.
Aquarium Fisheries Regulations of 2015.
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..

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

Acts

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

Fisheries Acts and Regulations

Fisheries (Amendment)Regulation 2010.
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.

Regulations

HMTC FFC122 Access by Fishing Vessels.

Palau

Acts

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

Papua New Guinea

Fisheries Acts and Regulations

Fisheries Regulation 1995 (No. 2 of 1995).
National Maritime Safety Regulation 2014 .
Fisheries Management Act (No 48 of 1998)
Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act 2012
Fisheries Amendment Act 2015
Fisheries Management (Amendment) Regulation 2016
PNG and the Fight Against IUU Fishing .
Tuna Fisheries Management Act 1998 (part 1).
Fisheries Act 1994 (No. 21 of 1994)..
Fisheries Management Regulation 2000 Part 1 and 2
Fisheries (Torres Strait Protected Zone) Act 1984

Other Marine Laws

Marine Pollution Act 2013
Maritime Zones Act 2015 (Part 1 & 2)
Sea Shipping Levy Act 2003 .
National Maritime Safety Act No. 11 of 2003.
Merchant Shipping Act 1975 Chapter 242.
National Beche De-Mer Fishery Management Plan 2016.
Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 2004 .
National Seas Act chapter 361.
Whaling Act 1974

Statutory Legal Instruments

National Tuna Fishery Management 2014

Solomon Islands

Acts

Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017)..
Fisheries Regulations, 1972..
Fisheries Act, 1972..
Fisheries Management Act 2015.
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)..

Other Marine Laws

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

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

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

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