This study was undertaken by SPC to examine the opportunities for human rights application in coastal fisheries and aquaculture legislation in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. It provides a comparative analysis of national legislation against gender and human rights requirements as applicable to small-scale coastal fisheries and aquaculture in the three Pacific Island countries and proposes concrete legal and policy recommendations for each country to three Pacific Island countries and proposes concrete legal and policy recommendations for each country to overcome any barriers to human rights implementation. This study complements a previous study that was published in 2021, covering six Pacific Island countries, namely Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.