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S.I. No. 320/1976 - Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Fishery Limits) Order, 1976

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1976-12-22
Last updated 2014-02-21
State Repealed superseded text
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Source Irish Statute Book
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S.I. No. 320 of 1976.

MARITIME JURISDICTION (EXCLUSIVE FISHERY LIMITS) ORDER, 1976.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 (No. 22 of 1959), as amended by section 2 of the Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1964 (No. 32 of 1964), hereby order as follows:

1.

1.

This Order may be cited as the Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Fishery Limits) Order, 1976, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1977.

2.

2.

In this Order a reference to section 6 (1) of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 1959 (No. 22 of 1959), is a reference to that section as amended by section 2 of the Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1964 (No. 32 of 1964).

3.

3.

Subject to Article 4 of this Order, the exclusive fishery limits of the State shall include, in addition to the sea areas specified in section 6 (1) of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 , all sea areas between those areas and the line every point of which is at a distance of 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.

4.

4.

Where because of the proximity of the fishery limits of another state the exclusive fishery limits specified in Article 3 of this Order cannot be applied, the exclusive fishery limits of the State shall include, in addition to the sea areas specified in section 6 (1) of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 , all sea areas between those areas and the equitable equidistant line between the State and the other state, being the appropriate line set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE.

Part I.

Between latitude 47°N and latitude 54°N, the geodesic line joining the co-ordinates on European Datum set out under—
Reference Latitude Longitude
1 47° 52' 00" N 10° 05' 00" W
2 48° 00' 30" N 9° 55' 00" W
3 48° 16' 30" N 9° 43' 30" W
4 48° 50' 00" N 9° 18' 00" W
5 49° 34' 00" N 8° 38' 30" W
6 49° 53' 00" N 8° 20' 30" W
7 50° 02' 00" N 8° 11' 00" W
8 50° 11' 00" N 8° 00' 00" W
9 50° 19' 30" N 7° 48' 30" W
10 50° 39' 00" N 7° 23' 00" W
11 50° 45' 30" N 7° 15' 00" W
12 50° 58' 00" N 6° 53' 00" W
13 51° 03' 00" N 6° 42' 00" W
14 51° 04' 30" N 6° 35' 30" W
15 51° 19' 00" N 6° 27' 00" W
16 51° 21' 00" N 6° 25' 00" W
17 51° 38' 30" N 6° 08' 00" W
18 51° 54' 00" N 5° 55' 30" W
19 52° 06' 30" N 5° 47' 30" W
20 52° 18' 30" N 5° 37' 00" W
21 52° 29' 00" N 5° 23' 00" W
22 52° 34' 00" N 5° 25' 30" W
23 52° 39' 00" N 5° 26' 00" W
24 52° 45' 30" N 5° 25' 00" W
25 52° 48' 30" N 5° 24' 30" W
26 52° 58' 00" N 5° 21' 00" W
27 53° 08' 30" N 5° 17' 30" W
28 53° 15' 00" N 5° 19' 30" W
29 53° 20' 30" N 5° 18' 30" W
30 53° 32' 00" N 5° 19' 00" W
31 53° 44' 30" N 5° 14' 30" W
32 53° 46' 30" N 5° 32' 30" W
33 53° 47' 30" N 5° 41' 00" W
34 53° 50' 00" N 5° 51' 00" W
35 53° 51' 00" N 5° 52' 30" W

Part II.

Between latitude 55°N and latitude 58°N, the geodesic line joining the co-ordinates on European Datum set out under—
Reference Latitude Longitude
1 57° 34' 00" N 14° 22' 30" W
2 57° 20' 30" N 13° 31' 30" W
3 56° 38' 00" N 9° 18' 00" W
4 56° 35' 00" N 9° 00' 00" W
5 56° 24' 00" N 8° 34' 00" W
6 56° 08' 00" N 7° 44' 30" W
7 55° 58' 00" N 7° 12' 30" W
8 55° 55' 00" N 7° 04' 30" W
9 55° 50' 30" N 6° 58' 30" W
10 55° 48' 00" N 6° 54' 30" W
11 55° 40' 00" N 6° 43' 00" W
12 55° 38' 00" N 6° 40' 30" W
13 55° 35' 30" N 6° 41' 30" W
14 55° 30' 30" N 6° 42' 00" W
15 55° 25' 00" N 6° 44' 00" W

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 22 day of

December, 1976.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is, from 1 January 1977, to extend the exclusive fishery limits of the State to 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline or, where because of the proximity of another State the Order cannot be applied, to the equitable equidistant line between the State and the other State. This Order is made under Section 6 of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 as amended by Section 2 of the Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Act, 1964 .

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