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Maritime Zones Act 2010 (No. 18 of 2010).

Country/Territory
Guyana
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to repeal and replace the Maritime Boundaries Act 1977, to incorporate certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 2001, to provide tor marine scientific research, maritime cultural area, ecotourism, marine parks and reserves and mariculture, the protection and preservation of the marine environment and for related matters
Subject
Environment gen., Fisheries, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Ecosystem preservation Cultural heritage Fishery management and conservation Marine fisheries Mariculture Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Continental shelf Navigation Sovereignty Marine area Marine protected areas Protected area
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America
Abstract

This Act defines the internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Guyana, defines the boundaries of those maritime zones and defines jurisdiction and rights of Guyana in respect of those zones. The Act also concerns, among other things, marine research, mariculture and protection of the marine environment.

Full text
English
Website
www.bharratjagdeo.org

References - Legislation

Repeals

Maritime Boundaries Act, 1977 (Act No. 10).

Legislation | Guyana | 1977 (1998)

Keyword: Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Foreign fishing, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, Navigation, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Maritime zones Internal Waters and River Closing Baselines) Regulations 2015.

Legislation | Guyana | 2015

Keyword: Maritime zone, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX