PALIKIR, Pohnpei—Through the Kizuna (special bond) between the People and Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the People and Government of Japan, the latter has donated $3,700,000 to the FSM to support the FSM Fisheries & Maritime Institute. The purpose of the grant is to provide a training vessel, training equipment, and upgrades to the institute’s facilities.

PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 11th, 2021, Nicole Yamase—a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) hailing from the State of Chuuk and the State of Pohnpei—became the first Pacific Islander, and the youngest woman, to travel to the deepest part of the World’s oceans: the Challenger Deep. The Challenger Deep, part of the Marianas Trench, is 35,856 ft (10,929 m) below sea level. Nicole Yamase is one of only approximately two dozen people to ever descend to the deepest part of the ocean and, as the Challenger Deep is located within the territory of the FSM, she is the first FSM citizen to visit this unique environment of her country.

PALIKIR, Pohnpei—The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) is pushing forward with the Nation’s bid to be the first Pacific Island country to fully establish the capacity to monitor longline vessels fishing in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) using Electronic Monitoring by 2023.