coastal State definition

coastal State means a State of the United States in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more of the Great Lakes; for the purposes of this title, the term also includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, and American Samoa;

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coastal State means a Contracting Party having an exclusive economic zone within the Convention Area;

coastal State. ’ means any State of the United States in or bordering on the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Oceans, or the Gulf of Mex- ico;

Examples of coastal State in a sentence

• In the exercise of its sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks within areas under national jurisdiction, the coastal State shall apply mutatis mutandis the general principles enumerated in article 5.

• This review will consider the extension of the application of cumulation 2 For the purposes of determining the origin of goods of sea-fishing and other marine life, “rights to exploit” in this subparagraph include those rights of access to the fisheries resources of a coastal State, as accruing from any agreements or arrangements between a Party and the coastal State.

• Such recommendations shall be consistent with any measures of general application adopted by the Commission and shall require the consent of the coastal State Contracting Party or Parties concerned on the matters on which such consent is required under Article 20 paragraph 4 and Article 21 paragraph 2.

• Acceptance of this Agreement by any Member or Associate Member of the Organization that is a coastal State or Associate member whose territories are situated wholly or partly within the Area defined in Article IV, shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the Organization, the depositary of this Agreement, and shall take effect on receipt of such instrument by the Director-General.

• Where there are reasonable grounds for believing that a vessel on the high seas has been engaged in unauthorized fishing within an area under the jurisdiction of a coastal State, the flag State of that vessel, at the request of the coastal State concerned, shall immediately and fully investigate the matter.

More Definitions of coastal State

coastal State means the State in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction or in the ports of which an activity takes place;

coastal State. ’ means any State of the

coastal State. ’ means a State in, or bor- dering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more of the Great Lakes;

coastal State means a Contracting Party exercising fisheries jurisdiction in waters forming part of the Convention Area;

coastal State means a sovereign state that is not land locked and has territory connected to the ocean or whose coastlines lie on exorheic basins which naturally externally drain into rivers or oceans;

coastal State means a State in whose territory, including its territorial sea, a marine casualty or marine incident occurs.

coastal State means the State in whose territorial sea and ports the Inmarsat Ship Earth Station, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, is operating.