Decree No. 598 on fishing territory off the Faroe Islands

Decree No. 598 of 21 December 1976 The Fishing Territory of the Faroe Islands Pursuant to section 1, subsection (3), of the Kingdom of Denmark Fishing Territory Act (Act No. 597) of 17 December 1976, the following provisions are laid down: 1. (1) The fishing territory in the waters around the Faroe Islands shall comprise, in addition to the internal waters, the waters delimited by a line (the fishing limit) at a distance of 200 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1,852 metres) from the baselines mentioned in section 2 of this Decree. (2) Where the coasts of Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are opposite the coasts of the Faroe Islands within a distance of 400 nautical miles, the fishing territory, until otherwise defined by special agreement, shall be delimited by the line which at every point is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines at the coasts concerned (the median line). 2. The straight baselines from which, pursuant to section 1 of this Decree, the fishing limit shall be measured, shall be drawn between the following points (low water mark at mean spring tide) in the sequence indicated: Point 1 Dry rock SW of the Munken group of islands 61° 20' 19" 306 N 6° 40' 06" 790 W Point 2 W-most point of Knopur at Famara 61° 28' 34" 772 N 6° 52' 18" 834 W Point 3 W-most point of island W of Myggenaes lighthouse 62° 05' 46" 439 N 7° 41 '25" 623 W Point 4 NW-most point of island NW of Myggenaes lighthouse 62° 05' 52" 783 N 7° 41' 12" 936 W Point 5 NW-most point of island NW of Myling 62° 18' 19" 856 N 7° 12' 59" 409 W Point 6 NW-most point of Kalsfles N of Kadlur 62° 22' 26" 968 N 6° 48' 18" 806 W Point 7 Dry rock N of Enniberg 62° 23' 49" 299 N 6° 33' 38" 438 W Point 8 Skopari point at Nordbjerg on Fuglo 62° 21' 16" 163 N 6° 17' 59" 058 W Point 9 NE-most point of Fuglo 62° 20' 40" 637 N 6° 15' 16" 003 W Point 10 E-most point of Bispen E of Fuglo 62° 20' 27" 398 N Page 2 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf 6° 15' 00" 521 W Point 11 E-most point of the Munken group of islands 61° 20' 30" 124 N 6° 39' 30" 108 W Point 12 S-most point of Storefles in the Munken group of islands 61° 20' 26" 953 N 6° 39' 33" 711 W The co-ordinates of the above-mentioned points refer to European Datum (1st Adjustment 1950). 3. (1) This Decree shall enter into force on 1 January 1977. (2) Decree No. 29 of 27 February 1903, as amended by Decree No. 129 of 18 March 1976, shall cease to be in effect.