[talk-au] Maritime boundaries

[Delta Foxtrot]

--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith <beldin at beldin.org> wrote:
> The reason I chose to put in the (roughly estimated) 12nm
> boundary was
> that from the research I could find it's the *legal*
> definition of the
> extent of full australian territory, i.e. when you are
> inside 12nm you
> are in Australia and all laws apply - as is the case with
> most
> countries from what I could determine. The 200nm is to do
> with resource
> exploitation and full teritorial rights do not exist in
> this area. The
> other countries around where world where people have added
> maratime
> borders and been at the 12nm limit also from what I can
> see.

According to a 2008 pdf put out by the aussie govt, the 12nm is still valid, but they've had a huge "land" grab on resources in the other areas and it has been ratified by the UN...

http://minister.ret.gov.au/TheHonMartinFergusonMP/Documents/colour-cs-map-with-names3.pdf