Proclamation of Fishery Limits (L.N. 16/78)

1990 Ed.] 1505 TUV 23 Fisheries (Subsidiary) SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION L.N. 16178 Proclamation or fishery limits under section 2 The following fishery limits have been proclaimed CAP. 45 1. With effect from the 1st day of January 1979 the fishery limits of Tuvalu shall be a line drawn so that each point thereon is two hundred (200) nautical miles measured from the low-water mark of the seaward side of the reef fronting the coast of ~my island in Tuvalu or bounding any lagoon waters adjacent to such coast or, when a reef is not present, from the low-water mark of the coast itself: Provided that in the event of such line intersecting a line drawn similarly by any other State or Territory, the fishery limits of Tuvalu shall be a median line (or such other line as may be agreed between the Government of Tuvalu and such State or Territory) drawn between the limits of the territorial waters of Tuvalu and the territorial waters of such a State or Territory. 2. Her Majesty will exercise the same exclusive rights in respect of fisheries within the said fishery limits as she has in respect of fisheries in the territorial waters of Tuvalu, subject to such provision as may be made by law for the control and regulation of fishing within the said limits. Appointment or additional authorised officers under section 2 G N. 12/80 All island executive officers are appointed authorised officers for the purposes of the Ordinance. 13