Arnavon

To protect ​the Arnavon Islands, which consist of four small islands located in the Manning Strait between Isabel and Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands. The Islands are home to the largest rookery of the critically endangered hawksbill turtles in the South Pacific region. This rookery was heavily exploited from the 1800s, and by the early 1990s populations here were in dramatic decline. In 1995 the Arnavon Community Marine Conservation area was established in partnership with government and the communities of Kia, Katupika and Waghena to protect the remaining hawksbill turtle population and the areas unique flora and fauna.

Species of Concern: hawksbill sea turtle

Apribojimai

The following applies within marine protected areas:
1. No harvesting of fish or other aquatic resources for commercial or subsistence purposes shall be undertaken in a marine protected area within clearly identified spawning aggregations or during spawning seasons.
2. No dredging, trawling or dragging of nets or wire mesh on the sea floor shall be carried out within a marine protected area.
3. No person shall deploy or maintain a fish aggregating device in the fisheries waters, and no Solomon Islands fishing vessel shall deploy or maintain a fish aggregating device in areas beyond national jurisdiction, except with the permission of the Director and in accordance with such conditions as he or she may specify or as are otherwise specified in this Act and an applicable access agreement.
4. No person shall, from a vessel, dump or discharge any waste garbage or other polluting or harmful substance within a marine protected area.
5. No person shall, whether intentionally or negligently, carry out any terrestrial activity or development that will or will most likely release into a marine protected area effluent or polluting material that is harmful or destructive to the biodiversity, aquatic life or ecosystems of the area except with the approval of the Minister but only in the public interest or in the interest of national economy, subject to strict conditions.
6. No person shall, by whatever means, remove, take, harvest or extract live coral from a marine protected area without the authority of the management committee of such area.
7. No vessel shall be anchored in any place within a marine protected area other than a place designated for that purpose by the management committee.

The following general protected area rules apply:
1. No person shall, either intentionally or negligently, ground a vessel on a reef within a protected area.
2. No industrial or commercial extraction of timber, round logs, non-timber forest products or minerals (including quarry or gravels) by whatever means or method shall be carried out in a protected area or within a distance of not more that 1 km of the defined boundaries of such area, as determined by the Director taking into account the nature of the protected area.
3. No person shall take any organism, species or other form of flora and fauna from a protected area except as authorized.
4. Except to the extent as authorized by the management committee or in the management plan of a protected area, no person shall, within the protected area, either intentionally or negligently do one or more of the following: (a) carry on any agricultural or gardening activities; (b) build any dwelling house or unlawfully occupy the area; (c) light or cause any open fire to be started; (d) throw, litter, dump or release any effluent, sewage, refuse, rubbish or toilet waste; (e) allow or introduce any grazing stock, animal or species; (f) erect, install or display any billboard, advertisement or promotional material; (g) cut, destroy or remove any plant or tree including firewood; (h) remove, extract, or excavate any soil, sand, gravel or other material; (i) hunt, kill, or slaughter any animal or other living creature; (j) destroy or deface any cultural object or monument of biodiversity and cultural significance; (k) remove or be in possession of any cultural artefact or sacred object; (l) ,remove or be in possession of any fossil, archaeological remain or paleontological specimen; (m) sow, propagate or introduce any exotic or invasive species; (n) significantly alter or change the natural flow of a river or stream, or close the opening of a tidal lagoon, river or other waterway; (o) use a vehicle, bull-dozer or other heavy machinery other than that complying with the dimensions specified by the management committee; (p) park a vehicle in any place other than a place designated for that purpose; (q) organize or participate in any public meeting, demonstration or gathering.
5. No person shall fly an aircraft in or over a protected area at an altitude of less than 500 meters except in an emergency or distress; when an airfield or airstrip located next to or within the protected area; or upon express instruction of the management committee of the area has been given to such person.

Leidžiama

A person may remove, take, harvest or extract live coral or a specimen from a marine protected area strictly for purposes of scientific or similar research.