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PREFERRED TERM

Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z

Last modified: 2019-09-09T13:12:57.457+02:00

skos:notation: 7677

territorial waters  

DEFINITION

  • The area beyond the tidal base line of the open coasts of a country over which that country exercises full control except for innocent passage of foreign vessels. Set at a maximum of 12 nautical miles in breadth by the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty, the United States claims territorial waters three nautical miles in width.

    Created: 9/9/19

    (en)

BROADER CONCEPT

HAS COMPONENT

HAS PROPERTY

IS PART OF SUB-VOCABULARY

  • Fishery related term

IN OTHER LANGUAGES

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7677

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