Archipelagic Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1986 (Cap. 51:06). Country/Territory Trinidad and Tobago Document type Legislation Date 1986 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Ministry of Legal Affairs. Long titleAn Act to declare the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago an archipelagic State, and to define the new areas of marine space appertaining to Trinidad and Tobago in the exclusive economic zone, and in the archipelagic waters, and the nature and extent of the jurisdiction to be exercised by it in each of these areas and to make provision for matters connected therewith in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 10th December 1982. Subject Fisheries, Sea Keyword Marine fisheries Total allowable catch Navigation Fishery management and conservation Access right Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Fishing authorization Foreign fishing Authorization/permit Maritime zone EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Continental shelf Sovereignty Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act, among other things, declares the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to be an Archipelagic State, defines various matters with respect to archipelagic waters (sects. 2-8) and provides for the establishment of an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles (sects. 14-24). The archipelagic waters of Trinidad and Tobago include any areas of the sea within archipelagic baselines which shall consist of straight baselines joining the outer points of the outermost islands and drying reefs of the archipelago (sects. 4 and 6). The breadth of the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf shall be measured form the archipelagic baselines (sect. 7). Trinidad and Tobago reserves the right to draw closing lines within the archipelagic waters for the delimitation of the internal waters as defined in the Territorial Sea Act (sect. 8). Section 9 deals with passage of foreign ships through the archipelagic waters of Trinidad and Tobago. Sections 25 and 26 provide some regulation of foreign fishing in the EEZ: Such fishing requires a licence which may be issued in respect to a foreign fishing vessel or to the master and members of the crew of the vessel. The remaining sections deal, inter alia, with enforcement (sects. 28-29), offences (sects. 30-31) and regulation making powers of the President (sect. 32). Full text English Website www.legalaffairs.gov.tt References - Legislation Implemented by Archipelagic Baselines of Trinidad and Tobago Order, 1988 (Notice No. 206 of 1988). Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1989 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Total allowable catch, Navigation, Fishery management and conservation, Access right, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Authorization/permit, Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Archipelagic Baselines of Trinidad and Tobago Order, 1988 (Cap. 51:06). Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1988 (2009) Keyword: Marine fisheries, Total allowable catch, Navigation, Fishery management and conservation, Access right, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Authorization/permit, Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX