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GovernmentThe location of hydro electricity stations around Ireland. Data was created for use in MSFD article 8, 9 10 reporting.
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GovernmentIn 1703 territorial waters were defined as extending out to three nautical miles of the coast - the distance that could be covered by a cannon shot. In 1958 the Geneva Convention introduced the concept of baselines from which all other measurements would begin. Baselines were...
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GovernmentThe contiguous zone, the marine boundary between 12NM and 24NM, is the jurisdiction to prevent and or punish infringement of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws. This zone falls within the Exclusive Economic Zone. The data was created from the EPA Coastal Water...
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GovernmentThe exclusive economic zone of the State is the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial seas subject to the specific legal regime established in Part V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982, the text of which, in...
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Data showing connector cable from Wicklow coastline to Arklow Bank Wind turbines was created in support of Marine Strategy Franework Directive article 8, 9 10 reporting.
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GovernmentThe territorial seas of the State is that portion of the sea which lies between the baseline and the outer limit of the territorial seas. The outer limit of the territorial seas is the line every point of which is at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the nearest point of...
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GovernmentA nation's internal waters include waters on the landward side of the baseline of a nation's territorial waters, except in archipelagic states. It includes waterways such as rivers and canals, and sometimes the water within small bays. According to the United Nations...
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GovernmentUnder the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) the continental shelf is that part of the seabed over which a coastal State exercises sovereign rights with regard to the exploration and exploitation of natural resources including oil and gas deposits as well...
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