Act No. 33/77 delimiting the territorial sea and creating an Exclusive Economic Zone. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 1977 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 124/77, 28 May 1977, pp. 1241-1244. Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Navigation Sovereignty Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Act establishes a territorial sea extending to a width of 12 nautical miles and an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles over which the Government of Portugal has exclusive competencies for the conservation and management of living and non-living marine resources and of surface and undergroundwaters. Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Repealed by Law No. 34/2006 delimitating marine areas under national jurisdiction. Legislation | Portugal | 2006 Keyword: Basic legislation, Maritime zone, Marine area, Marine protected areas, Navigation, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Classification/declassification, Coastal zone management, Policy/planning, Sovereignty, Protected area Source: FAO, FAOLEX