Decree 18581-RE concerning straight baselines in the Pacific Ocean. Country/Territory Costa Rica Document type Regulation Date 1988 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty Geographical area Americas, Central America, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North-East Pacific Abstract This Decree of the First Vice President and Acting President of the Republic provides that the width of the territorial sea of the Republic of Costa Rica will be measured, in the Pacific Ocean, from the straight baselines from specified points as indicated by geographical coordinates. The special configuration of the coasts of Costa Rice on the Pacific Ocean makes it possible, with the application of the new principles of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to draw straight baselines that, joining the most salient points of the coast. Full text English Website www.un.org