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    CONTINUING A TRADITION OF OCEAN STEWARDSHIP

    May 08, 2017 4 minutes
    By David Helvarg

    After helping to establish the world’s first shark sanctuary in his nation’s waters in 2009, President Tommy Remengesau Jr. of the Republic of Palau signed legislation last year that set aside 80 percent of his small west Pacific island nation’s ocean as a fully protected marine sanctuary. The world’s sixth-largest reserve, the Palau sanctuary covers an area larger than California and has the greatest percentage of any nation’s waters off limits to fishing.

    “Creating this sanctuary is a bold move that the people of Palau recognise as essential to our survival,” Remengesau explained. To protect this vast tract, he also signed

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