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| On 10 September 1972, the Somali parliament passed Law No. 37 on the Territorial Sea and Ports. The bill extended Somalia's territorial sea to 200 nautical miles within the continental and insular coasts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law No. 37 on the Territorial Sea and Ports, of 10 September 1972|url=http://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/SOM_1972_Law.pdf|website=United Nations|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> |
On 10 September 1972, the Somali parliament passed Law No. 37 on the Territorial Sea and Ports. The bill extended Somalia's territorial sea to 200 nautical miles within the continental and insular coasts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law No. 37 on the Territorial Sea and Ports, of 10 September 1972|url=http://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/SOM_1972_Law.pdf|website=United Nations|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> | ||
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| ==Law no 37== | ==Law no 37== | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 27 July 2014
The exclusive economic zone of Somalia covers 830,389 km in the Indian Ocean. It extends to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines, from which the breadth of the territorial waters of Somalia is measured.
Legislation
On 10 September 1972, the Somali parliament passed Law No. 37 on the Territorial Sea and Ports. The bill extended Somalia's territorial sea to 200 nautical miles within the continental and insular coasts.
Law no 37
Somalia never changed law no. 37.
Proclamation of EEZ
On 30 June 2014, the President of Somalia Hasan Sheikh Mohamud proclaimed the exclusive economic zone of Somalia without parliament approval.
- Sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the seabed and subsoil and the superjacent waters, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploration and exploitation of the zone, such as the production of energy from water, currents and winds.
This page contains misleading information.
Natural resources
Somalia has the longest coastline on mainland Africa, and some of the continent's richest fish stocks. The abundance in fisheries in the area is a result of the coastal upwelling of cold nutrient-rich subsurface oceanic waters. The upwelling results in the enrichment of phytoplankton and zooplankton, which, in turn, make the conditions favorable for some small pelagic fish such as sardines, herring, and scad.
External links
- Proclamation by the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia
- Table of Somali Laws Relevant to Maritime Law Enforcement
References
- "EEZ Waters Of Somalia". The Pew Charitable Trusts. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- "Law No. 37 on the Territorial Sea and Ports, of 10 September 1972" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- International Traffic Network, The world trade in sharks: a compendium of Traffic's regional studies, (Traffic International: 1996), p.25.
- ^ Cushing 1969; Fisher et al 1973