Aspects of Trinidadian Marine Boundary Legislation

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  • P. Done The University of the West Indies, Trinidad

Abstract

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has, in November 1986, enacted legislation in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It has declared itself to be an archipelagic. State, modified its Continental Shelf Act and defined an Exclusive Economic Zone dependent on equitable agreements with opposite or adjacent States. Meanwhile, the 1942 Treaty with Venezuela regarding the Submarine Areas of the Gulf of Paria remains extant. New fishing agreements were worked out with Venezuela in November 1985.

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2015-07-28

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Done, P. (2015). Aspects of Trinidadian Marine Boundary Legislation. The International Hydrographic Review, 64(2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/view/23397

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