Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 1984 (Public Law 1984-25). Pays/Territoire Îles Marshall Type du document Législation Date 1984 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Marshall Islands Consolidated Legislation. Titre completAn Act to make provision with respect to internal waters, the archipelagic waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the contiguous zone of the Republic. Sujet Mer Mot clé Zone marine Mer territoriale ZEE-Zone Economique Exclusive Souveraineté Aire géographique Micronesie, Océanie, Pacifique Sud Résumé The interpretation section provides a definition of "the baseline of the Marshall Islands": "means the low water line of the seaward side of the reef fringing the coast of any part of the Marshall Islands or bounding any lagoon waters adjacent to any part of the coast or, where a reef is not present, the low water line of the coast itself". Section 5 provides a definition of Internal Waters and section 6 of Archipelagic Waters. The territorial sea of the Republic is that part of the sea within 12 nautical miles from the baseline, but were archipelagic baselines are drawn under section 6(2) the breadth of the territorial sea shall be measured from those baselines, to the extent to which they are outside the outer limits of the Internal Waters (sect. 7). The EEZ extends to 200 nautical miles from the baselines but the Cabinet may declare points between which straight baselines are to be drawn for determining the outer limits of the EEZ. "Where the median line is less than 200 nautical miles from the line from which the breadth of the territorial Sea is to be measured, the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone extend only to that median line (sect. 8). Remaining Sections carry the following titles: The Contiguous Zone (9); Legal character of marine zones. etc. (10); Rights of other states in marine zones (11); General regulations as to the exclusive economic zone (12); Charts, publicity, etc. (13); Evidentiary provisions (14). Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.paclii.org Références - Législation Abrogé par Marshall Islands Maritime Zones Declaration Act 2016 (P.L. 2016-5). Législation | Îles Marshall | 2016 Mot clé: Gestion et conservation des pêches, Pêche maritime, Zone marine, Mer territoriale, ZEE-Zone Economique Exclusive, Plateau continental, Souveraineté, Préservation de l'écosystème Source: FAO, FAOLEX