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Declaration by the Haitian Government of 6 April 1977 establishing the boundary of the territorial waters of the Republic of Haiti at 12 nautical miles and of its Economic Zone at 200 nautical miles

Country/Territory
Haiti
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1977
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

The Government of Haiti " declares that the administration, management and exploitation of the economic zone are within the exclusive and sovereign competence of the Haitian Authorities" and " decides that its eclusive economic zone expands to 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured".

Full text
English