Protected Species

Legally-protected Marine Protected Species/Groups:

1. Dugong -  closed / fully restricted

2. Whales/ All marine mammals -  closed / fully restricted

3. Hawksbill Sea Turtles -  closed / fully restricted

4. Sea Turtle eggs - closed / fully restricted

5. Green Sea Turtles - restricted by size and season

6. Kemedukl - closed / fully restricted

7. Maml - closed / fully restricted

8. Grouper - restricted by size, season, and site

9. Rabbitfish - restricted by season

10. Aquarium species: dozens of fish species but also anemones, jellyfish, sponges, crustaceans, and molluscs (list prepared by BMR)

11. Reef fish - export ban

12. Sharks and Rays -  closed / fully restricted

13. Rock lobster - size restriction, egg-bearing, and export ban

14. Mangrove crab - size, egg-bearing, export ban, some PAN Site closures

15. Coconut Crab - size, egg-bearing, export ban

16. Blacklip Pear Oyster - size, season

17. Trochus - declared open seasons, size

18. Wild Giant Clams - export ban

19. Several species of Acropora Coral - export ban 

20. Sea Cucumbers - export restrictions

21. Mussels (CITES) - export restrictions

Marine Species of Concern that are not protected:

1. Saltwater crocodiles

2. Bigeye Tuna (IUCN = VU) (National Government has jurisdiction over harvest limits)

3. Bower’s Parrotfish

4. Thorny Seahorse

5. Nautilus - (CITES-listed)

Legally-protected Terrestrial Protected Animal Species/Groups

1. All birds except malk, uek, tengadidik, and cockatoo closed / fully restricted. Uek (Autralasian Swamphen) is exempt but potentially IUCN = VU

2. Fruit Bat - export ban 

Terrestrial Animal Species of Concern that are not protected:

1. Pacific Sheath-tailed bat

2. Pandanus Skink

3. Great Palau Tree Snail

4. White Palau Tree Snail

5. Palau Pandansus Tree Snail

Plants of Concern that are not protected (no plants are legally-protected unless in a Protected Area:

5. 1. Aglaia mariannensis

   2. Cycas micronesica

   3. Parkia parvifoliola

   4. Panapea palauensis

   5. Hydriastele palauensis

   6. Timonius selsedoi

   7. Cinnamomum carolinense

   8. Cinnamomum pedatinervium

   9. Xylocarpus moluccensis

   10. Garcinia matsudai

   11. Terminalia samoensis

   12. Terminalia crassipes

   13. Rhizophoro lamarckii

   14. Ceriops tagao

   15. Avicennia marina