KOROR (Pacific Note/Tuna Pacific/Pacnews) â The new administration of Palau has created a new ministry and, for the first time, the name fisheries is included, shifting policy focus to the economic value of the sector. During his first 100 days in office, President Surangel Whipps Jr. reorganized the government with the creation of two new ministries, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment or MAFE. In his first State of the Republic Address in April, the president said one focus of the ministry was to enhance domestic fisheries. âThrough its reconstituted bureaus, the ministry will enhance Sustainable Domestic Fisheries Development from the shoreline to the exclusive economic zone [boundary] to promote sustainable uses of our food source while also providing a path for new market opportunities for post-Covid-19 recovery,â the president said in his annual message to the people.