Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Amendment Act No. 7 of 2012. Country/Territory Cook Islands Document type Legislation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Act comes into force on the day it is assented to by the Queen's Representative. Abstract This Act amends the definition of the contiguous zone in the Section 7A of the Act, as “The contiguous zone of the Cook Islands comprises those areas of the sea that are adjacent to and beyond the territorial sea of the Cook Islands, having as their outer limits a line measured seaward from the baseline described in Section 5 of this Act, every point of which line is a distance of 24 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline”. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Amends Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1977 (Act No. 16). Legislation | Cook Islands | 1977 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Foreign fishing, Total allowable catch, Allocation/quota, Non-commercial fishing, Fishing authorization, Fishery management and conservation, Authorization/permit, Maritime zone, Territorial sea, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Sovereignty, Research, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX