{"id":4637,"date":"2023-01-19T01:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2025-03-27T01:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:02:52","slug":"what-is-meant-by-territorial-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-meant-by-territorial-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"What is meant by Territorial Waters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What are Territorial Waters?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is it?<\/strong> Territorial waters, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), is that <strong>area of the sea immediately adjacent to the shores of a country and subject to the territorial jurisdiction of that country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Extend<\/strong>: The territorial sea extends to a <strong>limit of 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a country\u2019s coast.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance of Territorial waters:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Within its territorial waters,a country <strong>exercises full sovereignty over the air space above the sea and over the seabed and subsoil.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The government <strong>can legislate on matters<\/strong> concerning the safety of navigation, the preservation of the environment, and the prevention, reduction, and control of pollution <strong>within its territorial waters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Resource use within the territorial sea is strictly reserved to the coastal nation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All countries have the right of innocent passage<\/strong> (passage that is not prejudicial to the security of the coastal country) <strong>through the territorial sea of another country,<\/strong> although there is no right of innocent air space passage.<\/li>\n<li>The right of innocent passage <strong>does not apply to submerged submarines nor does it include a right to fish.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The UNCLOS, also known as Law of the sea was <strong>adopted in 1982.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It l<strong>ays down a comprehensive regime of law and order in the world&#8217;s oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are many provisions under UNCLOS which r<strong>egulate and control the functioning and claims of nations on the world\u2019s oceans and seas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The convention <strong>was ratified by 168 parties<\/strong>, which included 167 states and the European Union.<\/li>\n<li>I<strong>ndia is a state party to the UNCLOS.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>UNCLOS, as the currently prevailing law of the sea, <strong>is ultimately binding.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What is an Exclusive Economic Zone?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as defined under the UNCLOS, <strong>is an area of the ocean extending up to 200 nautical miles (370 km)<\/strong> immediately offshore from a country\u2019s land coast in which that <strong>country retains exclusive rights to the exploration and exploitation of natural resources.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is the International Maritime Organization (IMO)?<\/h3>\n<p>IMO is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/supreme-court-reserves-order-on-interim-plea-on-purse-seine-fishing\/article66397255.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Supreme Court reserves order on interim plea on purse seine fishing<\/u><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The territorial waters extends to a limit of 12 nautical miles from the coast.   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