Proclamation of Fishery Limits made under section 2 of the Fisheries Act

634 KIR 16 1992 Ed. Subsidiary Legislation Fisheries SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION CAP: 33 11 Proclamation of fishery limits under section 2 L.N.31m The following limits have been defined and declared by a proclamation dated 18 April 1979. ; 1. As from the 19th April 1979 the fishery limits of Kiribati shall extend 200 nautical miles from the baseline of Kiribati. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph -I, where any part of the median line is less than 200 miles from the nearest part of the baseline referred toin paragraph I, that part of the median line shall be the fisheries limit of Kiribati. 3. The Republic will exercise the same exclusive rights in respect of fishery within the said fishery limits outside the territorial waters of Kiribati as it has in respect of fishery in the territorial waters of Kiribati subject to such provisions as may be made by law for the control and regulation of fishing within the said limits. 4. In this Proclamation "baseline of Kiribati" means the low water mark of the seaward side of the reef fronting the coast of any part of Kiribati or bounding any lagoon waters adjacent to such coasts or, where a reef is not present the low water mark of the coast itself of any part of Kiribati; "median line" means a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of, on the one hand, the baseline of Kiribati and, on the other hand, the corresponding baseline of any other country; "mile" means the international nautical mile.