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Exclusive Economic Zone Of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is ranked 51st in size of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with a total size of . Sri Lanka's EEZ is bordered to the north and west by India in the Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal; as well as in the west by the Maldives in Laccadive Sea. Legal framework In 1976, Sri Lanka legally defined the concept of EEZ in the ''"Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976"''. Treaties Ceylon participated in the First Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I) in 1958 and ratified the following conventions. # The convention of the High Seas # The contention of the territorial sea and the contiguous zone. # The convention on the Continental Shelf. # The convention on the living resources of the High Seas. Between 1974 and 1976, the India–Sri Lanka maritime boundary agreements were signed and defined the international maritime boundary between the two countries. In 1982, Sri Lanka was an active member in the third Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) ...
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Map Of The Territorial Waters Of The Atlantic And Indian Ocean
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Sri Lanka Coast Guard
The Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) (; ) is a Sri Lankan non-ministerial government department tasked with coast guard duties within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Defence and its members are all naval personnel. The current Director General of the SLCG is Rear Admiral Rajapriya Serasinghe Initially established in the late 1990s, the department was disbanded in 2002, with responsibilities passing to the Coast Conservation Department. The department in its current form was reestablished through the Department of Coast Guard Act, No. 41 of 2009 and inaugurated on 4 March 2010. It is a non-military law enforcement agency at sea, with every officer regarded as a peace officer for the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979. The department has legal authority to search and arrest ships, craft and personnel engaged in illegal activity in Exclusive economic zone of Sri Lanka, mari ...
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Borders Of Sri Lanka
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Exclusive Economic Zones
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind. It stretches from the outer limit of the territorial sea (22.224 kilometres or 12 nautical miles from the baseline) out 370.4 kilometres (or 200 nautical miles) from the coast of the state in question. It is also referred to as a maritime continental margin and, in colloquial usage, may include the continental shelf. The term does not include either the territorial sea or the continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical mile limit. The difference between the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone is that the first confers full sovereignty over the waters, whereas the second is merely a "sovereign right" which refers to the coastal state's rights below the surface of the sea. The surface waters ...
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Sri Lankan Navy
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Indian Coast Guard
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is a maritime law enforcement and search and rescue agency of India with jurisdiction over its territorial waters including its contiguous zone and Exclusive economic zone of India, exclusive economic zone. It was started on 1 February 1977 and formally established on 18 August 1978 by the ''Coast Guard Act, 1978'' of the Parliament of India. It operates under the Ministry of Defence (India), Ministry of Defence. The ICG works in close cooperation with the Indian Navy, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Fisheries, the Ministry of Finance (India), Department of Revenue (Customs), and the Coastal Police of the Police forces of the states and union territories of India, State Police Forces, and the Central Armed Police Forces. History The establishment of the Indian Coast Guard was first proposed by the Indian Navy to provide non-military maritime services to the nation. In the 1960s, sea-borne smuggling of goods was ...
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Sri Lanka Navy
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) (; ) is the navy, naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to its island geography. It is responsible for the maritime defence of the Sri Lankan nation and its interests. The role of the Sri Lanka Navy is to conduct operations at sea for the defence of the nation and its interests and conduct prompt and sustainable combat operations at sea in accordance with the national policies. Sri Lanka, situated in the middle of major sea lanes passing through the Indian Ocean, was always a magnet for seafarers and has a long history of naval campaigns. The current Sri Lankan Navy was established on 9 December 1950 when the Navy Act was passed for the formation of the Royal Ceylon Navy. The roots of the modern Sri Lankan Navy date back to 1937 when the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force was established, which was renamed and absorbed into the Royal Navy as the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War ...
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