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" In a zone contiguous to its territorial sea, described as the contiguous zone, the coastal State may exercise the control necessary to: (a) prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; (b) punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ land beside or near to the sea or ocean
➡ zone contiguous to its territorial sea which may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
➡ Refers to the various restrictions (measures) that managers can impose to regulate fishing.
➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.
➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
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