thesis was entitled, "Oil Pollution by Ships and Micronesia: A Survey of Maritime Jurisdiction and Applicable Laws.

[9] His running mate for vice president was Kerai Mariur, a delegate in the Palau National Congress.

It is illegal to catch sharks within Palau's EEZ, which covers an area of 230,000 square miles (600,000 km²).

President Johnson Toribiong also called for a ban on global shark finning, stating: "These creatures are being slaughtered and are perhaps at the brink of extinction unless we take positive action to protect them.

One of the issues was his acceptance of 6 Uyghur former prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, who did not fit into Palauan society.