Marine Science Affairs 



Appendix C-4 — Breadtii of Territorial Seas and Fisiiing Jurisdictions 

 Claimed by Selected Countries 



Country 



Territorial sea Fishing limit 



Other 



Albania 10 miles 12 miles 



Algeria 12 miles 12 miles 



Argentina 200 miles_. 



Australia Smiles 12 miles. _ 



Belgium Smiles 12 miles i. 



Brazil 6 miles 12 miles_ _ 



Bulgaria 12 miles 12 miles.. 



Burma 12 miles 12 miles.. 



Cambodia 5 miles 12 miles.. 



Cameroun 18 miles 18 miles.. 



Canada S miles 12 miles.. 



Ceylon 6 miles 6 miles — 



Chile 50kilom- 200 miles. .. 



eters. 



China 3 miles 3 miles 



Colombia 12 miles 12 miles 



Congo (Kinshasa) Smiles Smiles 



Costa Rica S miles 



Cuba S miles S miles 



Cyprus 12 miles 12 miles... 



Dahomey 12 miles 12 miles 



Denmark S miles 12 miles i.. 



Greenland 12 miles... 



Faroe Islainds 12 miles... 



Dominican Republic 6 miles 12 miles 



Ecuador 200 miles... 200 miles.. 



El Salvador 200 miles... 200 miles.. 



Ethiopia 12 miles 12 miles... 



Federal Republic of 3 miles 12 miles i. 



Germany. 



Finland 4 miles 4 miles 



France Smiles 12 miles.. 



Gabon 12 miles 12 miles.. 



Gambia Smiles Smiles 



200-mile sovereignty claim not 

 affecting freedom of navi- 

 gation or over flight. Conti- 

 nental Shelf — including 

 sovereignty over super- 

 jacent waters. 



Continental Shelf to 50 meters 

 including sovereignty over 

 superjacent waters. 



Claims right to establish con- 

 servation zones within 100 

 nautical miles of the ter- 

 ritorial sea. 



"Specialized conference" over 

 living resources to 200 miles. 



100-mile mineral exploration 

 limit. 



6-mile contiguous zone in- 

 cluding fishing. 



See footnote at end of table. 



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