Marine Spaces (Archipelagic Baselines and Exclusive Economic Zone) Order, 1981 (Chap. 158 A, Secs. 4, 6)

SECTIONS 4 and 6-MARINE SPACES (ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE) ORDER* *This Order constitutes the formal declaration by Fiji of its archipelagic waters and of its 200 miles exclusive economic zone. Information on the availability of charts illustrating the limits of the internal waters, archipelagic waters the territorial seas and the exclusive economic zone of Fiji is given in Legal Notice No. 119 of 1981 (see Notice under section 8 of the Act, infra). This Order also renders superfluous the Marine Spaces (Declaration Order) (Legal Notice No. 56 of 1978) which is revoked by Legal Notice 120 of 1981. TABLE OF PROVISIONS PARAGRAPH 1. Short title 2. Baselines for the Fiji Archipelago 3. Outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Fiji 4. Baseline for the Exclusive Economic Zone First Schedule - Archipelagic Waters Second Schedule - Exclusive Economic Zone Legal Notice No. 117 of 1981 Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Marine Spaces (Archipelagic Baselines and Exclusive Economic Zone) Order. Baselines for the Fiji Archipelago 2. The points between which straight baselines are to be drawn for the purpose of determining the outermost limits of the archipelago waters of Fiji and the innermost limits of the territorial sea of the Fiji archipelago are declared to be the geographical co-ordinates, based on the World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS72) datum, specified in the First Schedule, minus 7 seconds of latitude and 14 seconds of longitude in each case. Outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Fiji 3. The outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Fiji are declared to extend to a line drawn between, and joining in numerical sequence, the geographical co-ordinates, based on the World Geodetic System 1972 (WGS72) datum, specified in the Second Schedule. Baselines for the Exclusive Economic Zone 4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, the baselines for which the exclusive economic zone of Fiji has been determined are (a) in the case of the Fiji archipelago, the straight baselines established in terms of paragraph 2; (b) in the case of the Island of Rotuma and its dependencies the straight baselines established by the Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) Order; and (c) in the case of Ceva-i-Ra Island, a line drawn along the seaward low-water line of the reef. FIRST SCHEDULE (Paragraph 2) ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS Geographical Co-ordinates [WGS 72 Geodetic Datum] No. Latitude Longitude 1. 16°-05'-30"S. 179°-08'-36"W. 2. 16°-44'-48"S. 178°-55'-54"W. 3. 17°-05'-06"S. 178°-40'-24"W. 4. 17°-10'-00"S. 178°-37'-06"W. 5. 17°-55'-30"S. 178°-14'-00"W. 6. 18°-18'-30"S. 178°-12'-48"W. 7. 18°-53'-00"S 178°-21'-00"W. 8. 18°-57'-30"S. 178°-19'-45"W. 9. 19°-14'-00"S. 178°-18'-36"W. 10. 19°-48'-00"S. 178°-13'-24"W. 11. 19°-53'-30"S. 178°-16'-18"W. 12. 20°-39'-48"S. 178°-41'-24"W. 13. 20°-59'-54"S. 178°-44'-30"W. 14. 21°-01'-42"S. 178°-50'-48"W. 15. 20°-44'-00"S. 178°-53'-30"W. 16. 19°-12'-18"S. 179°-44'-48"E. 17. 19°-11'-30"S 178°-06'-00"E. 18. 19°-10'-42"S. 178°-00'-00"E. 19. 19°-08'-42"S. 177°-57'-18"E. 20. 19°-07'-48"S. 177°-56'-54"E. 21. 18°-36'-24"S. 177°-39'-36"E. 22. 18°-07'-00"S. 177°-19'-00"E. 23. 17°-56'-36"S. 177°-12'-24"E. 24. 17°-38'-54"S. 176°-59'-48"E. 25. 17°-11'-54"S. 176°-52'-42"E. 26. 17°-09'-24"S. 176°-53'-30"E. 27. 17°-06'-54"S. 176°-54'-36"E. 28. 16°-47'-00"S. 177°-17'-00"E. 29. 16°-39'-06"S. 177°-34'-24"E. 30. 16°-26-24"S. 177°-05'-48"E. 31. 16°-19'-24"S. 178°-27'-12"E. 32. 16°-10'-30"S. 178°-04'-00"E. 33. 15°-42'-30"S. 179°-58'-30"W. 34. 15°-56'-54"S. 179°-23'-30"W. SECOND SCHEDULE (Paragraph 3) OUTER LIMITS OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE Consecutive No. Latitude Longitude 1. 25°-04'-23"S. 174°-16'-322"E. 2. 20°-01'-21"S. 172°-45'-53"E. 3. 18°-32'-36"S. 173°-33'-36"E. Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 17°-11'-47"S, 176°-52' 28"E, passing through the following positions. 4. 18°-18'-49"S. 173°-34'-55"E. 5. 18°-02'-02"S. 173°-29'-43"E. 6. 17°-44'-52"S. 173°-26'-05"E. 7. 17°-27'-29"S. 173°-24'-02"E. 8. 17°-09'-59"S. 173°-23'-34"E. 9. 16°-52'-30"S. 173°-24-41"E. 10. 16°-35'-11"S. 173°-27'-22"E. 11. 16°-18'-10"S. 173°-31'-36"E. 12. 16°-01'-33"S. 173°-37'-20"E. 13. 15°-45'-29"S. 173°-44'-31"E. 14. 15°-30'-04"S. 173°-53'-06"E. 15. 15°-15'-26"S. 174°-03'-01"E. 16. 15°-01'-41"S. 174°-14'-11"E. 17. 14-48'-28"S. 174°-27'-14"E. Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 12°-29'-56"S, 176°-56' 01"E, passing through the following positions. 18. 14°-40'-56"S. 174°-20'-20"E. 19. 14°-27'-07"S. 174°-09'-17"E. 20. 14°-12'-24"S. 173°-59'-33"E. 21. 13°-56'-54"S. 173°-51'-11"E. 22. 13°-40'-45"S. 173°-44'-14"E. 23. 13°-24'-05"S. 173°-38'-47"E. 24. 13°-07'-00"S. 173°-34'-50"E. 25. 12°-49'-38"S. 173°-32'-25"E. 26. 12°-32'-09"S. 173°-31'-33"E. Thence a line joining 26 and 27. Thence a continued arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 12°-29'-56"S 176°-56'-01"E passing through the following positions. 27. 11°-57'-16"S. 173°-34'-29"E. 28. 11°-40'-09"S. 173°-38'-15"E. 29. 11°-23'-25"S. 173°-43'-30"E. 30. 11°-07'-11"S. 173°-50'-11"E. 31. 10°-51'-36"S. 173°-58'-16"E. 32. 10°-36'-45"S. 174°-07'-40"E. 33. 10°-22'-46"S. 174°-18'-20"E. 34. 10°-09'-45"S. 174°-30'-10"E. 35. 09°-57'-47"S. 174°-43'-05"E. 36. 09°-46'-59"S. 174°-57'-00"E. Thence a line joining 37. 09°-49'-09"S. 175°-51-52"E. 38. 09°-49'-19"S. 175°-56'-40"E. 39. 09°-49'-36"S. 176°-05'-12"E. 40. 09°-49'-52"S. 176°-13'-48"E. 41. 10°-05'-17"S. 177°-06'-03"E. 42. 10°-06'-53"S. 177°-11'-10"E. 43. 10°-16'-05"S. 177°-17'-30"E. 44. 10°-18'-18"S. 177°-19'-01"E. 45. 11°-33'-50"S. 178°-14'-47"E. 46. 11°-38'-45"S. 178°-18'-29"E. 47. 11°-58'-58"S. 178°-33'-48"E. 48. 12°-07'-15"S. 178°-40'-08"E. 49. 12°-12'-25"S. 178°-44'-04"E. 50. 12°-36'-34"S. 179°-02'-40"E. 51. 13°-14'-05"S. 179°-31'-48"E. 52. 13°-19'-41"S. 179°-29'-39"E. 53. 14°-48'-18"S. 179°-14'-23"W. 54. 15°-17'-47"S. 178°-31'-00"W. 55. 15°-56'-12"S. 177°-22'-35"W. 56. 15°-59'-08"S. 177°-22'-31"W. 57. 16°-49'-39"S. 176°-53'-48"W. 58. 16°-50'-06"S. 176°-53'-23"W. 59. 17°-28'-28"S. 176°-16'-24"W. 60. 17°-40'-49"S. l76°-16'-40"W. 61. 17°-59'-05"S. 176°-21'-27"W. 62. 18°-35'-17"S. 176°-27'-02"W. 63. 18°-51'-23"S. 176°-34'-46"W. 64. 18°-54'-51"S. 176°-36'-05"W. 65. 19°-00'-45"S. 176°-37'-40"W. 66. 19°-15'-09"S. 176°-40'-10"W. 67. 19°-20'-31"S. 176°-40'-01"W. 68. 20°-26'-07"S. 176°-53'-00"W. 69. 20°-54'-36"S. 177°-01'-27"W. 70. 20°-57'-42"S. 177°-01'-55"W. 71. 21°-05'-34"S. 177°-07'-57"W. 72. 21°-22'-21"S. 177°-18'-03"W. 73. 22°-21'-27"S. 177°-54'-12"W. 74. 24°-22'-08"S. 179°-04'-16"W. Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on 21°-01'-35"S, 178°-50' 34"W passing through the following positions. 75. 24°-21'-29"S. 179°-09'-39"W. 76. 24°-19'-08"S. 179°-28-35"W. 77. 24°-15'-16"S. 179°-47'-11"W. 78. 24°-09'-53"S. 179°-54'-12"E. 79. 24°03'-02"S. 179°-36'-39"E. 80. 23°-54'-47"S. 179°-19'-52"E. 81. 23°-45'-12"S. 179°-03'-58"E. 82. 23°-34'-20"S. 178°-49'-04"E. 83. 23°22'-19"S. 178°35'-17"E. 84. 23°-09'-12"S. 178°-22'-44"E. 85. 22°-55'-08"S. 178°-11'-31"E. 86. 22°-43'-23"S. 178°-03'-46"E. Thence along an arc of 200 miles (370,400 metres) radius centred on CEVA-I-RA Island (21°-44'-18"S, 174°-38'-24"E) passing through the following positions. Consecutive No. Latitude Longitude 87. 22°-50'-50"S. 178°0l'-52"E. 88. 23°-07'-09"S. 177°-55'-01"E. 89. 23°-22'-50"S. 177°-46'-39"E. 90. 23°-37'-47"S. 177°-36'-47"E. 91. 24°-04'58"S. 177°-12'-54"E. 92. 24°-17'-01"S. 176°-59'-04"E. 93. 24°-27'-52"S. 176°-44'-05"E. 94. 24°-37'-28"S. 176°-28'-06"E. 95. 24°-45'-44"S. 176°-11'-13"E. 96. 24°-52'-35"S. 175°-53'-35"E. 97. 24°-57'-58"S. 175°-35'-20"E. 98. 25°-01'-51"S. 175°-16'-37"E. 99. 25°-04'-11"S. 174°-57'-35"E. 100. 25°-04'-58"S. 174°-38'-24"E. 101. 25°-04'-11"S. 174°-19'-13"E. Thence a line to join position 1. These positions have been based on, or approximated to the best WGS72 data currently available.