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BREADTH OF TERRITORIAL SEAS AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS CLAIMED BY SELECTED COUNTRIES 



Country 



Territorial Fishing limit 

 sea (miles) (miles) Other 



Korea. 



Kuwait 



Lebanon 



Liberia 



Libya 



Malagasy Republic. 



Malaysia 



Maldive Islands 



Malta 



Mauritania , 



Mauritius 



Mexico , 



Morocco 



Netherlands 



New Zealand 



Nicaragua 



20 to 200 Continental Shelf including sovereignty over super- 

 jacent waters. 



Nigeria.. 

 Norway.. 

 Pakistan. 

 Panama.. 



Peru 



Philippines. 



200 



200 



Poland 



Portugal 



Romania ., 



Saudia Arabia 



Senegal 



Sierra Leone 



Singapore 



Somali Republic... 



South Africa 



Southern Yemen 



Spain. 



Sudan _ 



Sweden..- _ 



Syria 



Tanzania 



Thailand 



Togo 



Trinidad and Tobago 



Tunisia. _ 



Turkey 



Ukrainian S.S.R 



U.S.S.R 



United Arab Republic 



United Kingdom 



Overseas areas 



United States of America. 

 Uruguay 



Venezuela 



Vietnam 



Yemen 



Yugoslavia 



Exception— 6 mile fishing zone for Strait of Gibraltar. 



Continental Shalf including sovereignty over super- 

 jacent waters. 



Plus right to establish 100-mile conservation zones. 

 Continental Shelf including sovereignty over super- 

 ja*nt waters. 



Archipelago concept baselines. Waters between these 

 baselines and the limits described in the Treaty of 

 Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, the United States-Spain Treaty 

 of Nov. 7, 1900, and United States-United Kingdom 

 Treaty of Jan. 2, 1930, are claimed as territorial 

 sea. 



Fishing zone beyond 12 miles does not apply to those 

 nations which are party to the 1958 Geneva Conven- 

 tion on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous 

 Zone. 



Contiguous zone— an additional 6-mile area to control 

 security, customs, hygiene, and financial matters. 



Fisheries zone follows the 50-meter isobath at speci- 

 fied areas of the coast (maximum 65 miles). 



Sovereignty is claimed over a 200-mile maritime zone 

 but law specifically provides that the freedom of 

 navigation of ships and aircraft beyond 12 miles is 

 unaffected by the claim. 



1 Parties to the European Fisheries Convention which provides for the right to establish 3-mile exclusive fishing zone 

 seaward of 3-mile territorial sea plus additional 6-mile fishing zone restricted to the convention nations. 



2 No claims. 



2 Kilometers (1 km --^0.62 mi). 



Source: Information available to the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development as of Jan. 1, 

 1970, as updated to Sept. 1, 1970, by the Department of State. 



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