Maritime Zones Act 2010 (No. 18 of 2010). Country/Territory Guyana Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn 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