Oceanography Miscellaneous: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session on ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - 327 pages |
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... bill so we hear from day to day . Ambassador STEVENSON . That , of course is a unilateral bill which I am very much opposed to . The CHAIRMAN . The members here who are in the coastal areas where a lot of fishing goes on feel they must ...
... bill so we hear from day to day . Ambassador STEVENSON . That , of course is a unilateral bill which I am very much opposed to . The CHAIRMAN . The members here who are in the coastal areas where a lot of fishing goes on feel they must ...
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... bill we would like if it were part of an international treaty , but the trouble is that if you go the unilateral route and depart from what international law presently per- mits how are we to say that someone else that unilaterally does ...
... bill we would like if it were part of an international treaty , but the trouble is that if you go the unilateral route and depart from what international law presently per- mits how are we to say that someone else that unilaterally does ...
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... which must be made by this Committee are of fundamental importance to United States oceans policy . A number of bills being considered by this Committee raise questions deeply affecting the foreign relations of the Nation as 39.
... which must be made by this Committee are of fundamental importance to United States oceans policy . A number of bills being considered by this Committee raise questions deeply affecting the foreign relations of the Nation as 39.
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... " that the 50 - mile unilateral extension of fisheries jurisdiction by Iceland was not consistent with the rights of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany . Madam Chairman , what would we do if this bill 42.
... " that the 50 - mile unilateral extension of fisheries jurisdiction by Iceland was not consistent with the rights of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany . Madam Chairman , what would we do if this bill 42.
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... bill were to become law and another country brings us before the International Court of Justice ? Would we invoke our reservation and maintain that issues relating to the use of the seas up to 200 miles from our coast , or even hundreds ...
... bill were to become law and another country brings us before the International Court of Justice ? Would we invoke our reservation and maintain that issues relating to the use of the seas up to 200 miles from our coast , or even hundreds ...
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Page 151 - Where the coasts of two States are opposite or adjacent to each other, neither of the two States is entitled, failing agreement between them to the contrary, to extend its territorial sea beyond the median line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial seas of each of the two States is measured.
Page 123 - In the absence of agreement, and unless another boundary line is justified by special circumstances, the boundary shall be determined by application of the principle of equidistance from the nearest points of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of each State is measured.
Page 124 - The consent of the coastal State shall be obtained in respect of any research concerning the continental shelf and undertaken there. Nevertheless, the coastal State shall not normally withhold its consent if the request is submitted by a qualified institution with a view to purely scientific research into the physical or biological characteristics of the continental shelf...
Page 159 - All States shall co-operate to the fullest possible extent in the repression of piracy on the high seas or in any other place outside the jurisdiction of any State.
Page 155 - The exploration of the continental shelf and the exploitation of its natural resources must not result in any unjustifiable interference with navigation, fishing or the conservation of the living resources of the sea, nor result in any interference with fundamental oceanographic or other scientific research carried out with the intention of open publication.
Page 153 - Each State shall fix the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships, for the registration of ships in its territory, and for the right to fly its flag. Ships have the nationality of the State whose flag they are entitled to fly.
Page 154 - ... administrative authorities either of the flag State or of the State of which such person is a national. 2. In disciplinary matters, the State which has issued a master's certificate or a certificate of competence or...
Page 138 - Such measures shall also be designed to maintain or restore populations of harvested species at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, as qualified by relevant environmental and economic factors...
Page 160 - ... 2. The drawing of such baselines must not depart to any appreciable extent from the general direction of the coast, and the sea areas lying within the lines must be sufficiently closely linked to the land domain to be subject to the regime of internal waters. 3. Baselines shall not be drawn to and from low-tide elevations unless lighthouses or similar installations which are permanently above sea level have been built on them.
Page 152 - high seas" means all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State.