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Admiralty law or maritime law is a distinct body of law that governs maritime questions and__________?

Offenses

It is a body of both domestic Law governing maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private ______ that operate vessels on the oceans?

Entities

It deals with matters including marine commerce, marine navigation, marine ________ , shipping, sailors, and the transportation of passengers and goods by sea.

Salvaging

____________ law also covers many commercial activities, although land based or occurring wholly on land, that are maritime in character.

Admiralty

Admiralty law is distinguished from the Law of the__________

Sea

Admiralty Law is a body of public international law dealing with navigational rights, mineral rights, ________over coastal waters and international law governing relationships between nations.

Jurisdiction

Maritime law consists of a body of _____

Law

Conventions and _________ governs international private business or other matters involving ships, shipping or crimes occurring on open water.

Treaties

Laws between nations governing such things as national versus international waters are considered ________ international law and are known as the Law of the Seas.

Public

The United Nations, through the International Maritime Organization, has issued numerous conventions that can be enforced by the ________ and coast guards that have signed the treaty outlining these rules.

Navies

The United Nations, through the International Maritime Organization, has issued numerous conventions that can be enforced by the _________ and coast guards that have signed the treaty outlining these rules.

Navies

Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL)

1965

Any deliberate disposal of wastes or other matter from vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea.

Dumping

Year - International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F)

1995

The seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction means:

Area

Year- Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO C)

1976

Railway rolling stock, sea, lake and river craft and road vehicles are;

Means of transport

Year - Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement (STP)

1971

States which have consented to be bound by this Convention and for which this Convention is in force.

States Parties

Year- International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR)

1979

A State which has no sea-coast.

Land-locked State

Year- International Convention on Load Lines (LL)

1966

All solid, liquid or gaseous mineral resources in situ in the Area at or beneath the seabed, including polymetallic nodules.

Resources

1972

A group of islands, including parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands, waters and other natural features form an intrinsic geographical, economic and political entity, or which historically have been regarded as such.

Archipelago

Year- The Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (SFV)

1977

A State, with or without a sea-coast, situated between a land-locked State and the sea, through whose territory traffic in transit passes.

Transit State

Year- International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)

1972

It is the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment.

Pollution of the marine environment

Year - Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA)

1988

A State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands.

Archipelagic State

True or False 154 Countries are binding with the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty.

True

The coastal State shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such artificial islands, installations and:

Structures

True or false Under territorial waters provision of the Law of the Sea Convention foreign vessels have no right of passage without permission.

False

If conflict arises between the interests of the coastal State and any other State or States, the conflict should be resolved on the basis of

Equity

True or False The Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty came into force on 18 November 1994.

False

These should be established around the artificial islands by the coastal state.

Safety zones

True or False Protection of the marine environment is a part of the provision of the Law of the Sea Convention.

True

The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the:

Territorial zone

True or False Protection of the marine environment is a part of the provision of the Law of the Sea Convention.

True

The breadth of the safety zones shall be designed to ensure that they are reasonably related to the nature and function of the artificial islands, installations or structures, and shall not exceed a distance of:

500 m

True or False Country can make laws without interference of the alien country; regulate its use and use of its resources.

True

They have the sovereign rights to exploit and explore the exclusive economic zone to produce an energy from the water, currents and winds;

Coastal state

True or false Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters without permission.

True

These cannot possess the status of islands.

Artificial islands, installations and structures

True or False The area of the 12 Nautical miles beyond the territorial waters baseline is called continental Shelf.

False

In the exclusive economic zone, the coastal State has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the: natural resources,

Natural resources

True or False In which place the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty was open for signature Montego Bay, Jamaica.

True

Any installations or structures which are abandoned or disused shall be removed to ensure:

Safety of navigation

True or false According to the Law of the Sea Convention, a 150-mile exclusive economic zone including the seabed and the water column, may be established by coastal States in which such States exercise sovereign rights and jurisdiction on all resource-related activities.

False

The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the:

Baselines

True or False The Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty was opened for signature on 10 December 1982.

True

154 Countries are binding with the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty.

False

Under territorial waters provision of the Law of the Sea Convention foreign vessels have no right of passage without permission.

False

The Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty came into force on 18 November 1994.

False

Protection of the marine environment is a part of the provision of the Law of the Sea Convention.

True

Country can make laws without interference of the alien country; regulate its use and use of its resources.

True

Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters without permission.

True

The area of the 12 Nautical miles beyond the territorial waters baseline is called continental Shelf.

False

In which place the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty was open for signature Montego Bay, Jamaica.

True

According to the Law of the Sea Convention, a 150-mile exclusive economic zone including the seabed and the water column, may be established by coastal States in which such States exercise sovereign rights and jurisdiction on all resource-related activities.

False

The Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty was opened for signature on 10 December 1982.

True

The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the:

False

The limits of the shelf established by a coastal State based on the recommendations of Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf shall be final and binding.

True

On submarine ridges, the outer limit of the continental shelf shall not exceed 350 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

True

Information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured shall be submitted by the coastal State to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

True

The coastal State shall not deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations charts and relevant information, including geodetic data, permanently describing the outer limits of its continental shelf.

False

The continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the land mass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise.

True

The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin.

True

The coastal State shall delineate the outer limits of its continental shelf by straight lines not exceeding 50 nautical miles in length.

False

Continental margin is a consist of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise. It also includes the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil.

False

Article 76 (definition of Continental Shelf) paragraph 6 is applied to submarine elevations that are natural components of the continental margin, such as its plateaux, rises, caps, banks and spurs.

False

A State which has clear grounds to believe that proper jurisdiction and control with respect to a ship have not been exercised must report the facts to the flag State.

False

After the registration of a ship it must be surveyed by a qualified surveyor of ships, and has on board such charts, nautical publications and navigational equipment and instruments as are appropriate for the safe navigation of the ship.

False

Coastal State shall take such measures for ships flying its flag as are necessary to ensure safety at sea with regard to the construction, equipment and seaworthiness of ships.

False

Each State shall cause an inquiry to be held by or before a suitably qualified person or persons into every marine casualty or incident of navigation on the high seas involving a ship flying its flag and causing loss of life or serious injury to nationals of another State or serious damage to ships or installations of another State or to the marine environment.

True

Every State shall effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag.

True

Flag State is required only to conform to national regulations, procedures and practices and to take any steps which may be necessary to secure their observance.

False

Flag State is required to conform to generally accepted international regulations, procedures and practices and to take any steps which may be necessary to secure their observance in taking the measures under UNCLOS Part VII Article 94 paragraph 3 and 4.

True

Flag state shall ensure that necessary measure is taken by the master, officers and, to the extent appropriate, the crew are fully conversant with and required to observe the applicable international regulations concerning the safety of life at sea, the prevention of collisions, the prevention, reduction and control of marine pollution, and the maintenance of communications by radio.

True

Flag State shall maintain a register of ships containing the names and particulars of ships flying its flag, except those which are excluded from generally accepted international regulations on account of their small size.

True

The flag State alone shall cooperate in the conduct of any inquiry held by that other State into any such marine casualty or incident of navigation.

False

Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL)

1965

International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F)

1995

Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO C)

1976

Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement (STP)

1971

International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR)

1979

International Convention on Load Lines (LL)

1966

1972

The Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (SFV)

1977

International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)

1972

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA)

1988

What is the 'equitable result' in the law and practice of maritime delimitation?

It is the end result that all delimitations of areas of continental shelf and EEZ should achieve, after, however, drawing a provisional 'equidistance line' and adjusting the zone in the light of the relevant circumstances and the proportionality test.

Do third States enjoy any fishing rights within the Exclusive Economic Zone of another State?

When the coastal State cannot harvest the 'total allowable catch', the coastal State is to give other State access to that surplus with priority to be given to developing and land-locked States

What is the function of the contiguous zone?

The contiguous zone is a zone in which the coastal State is permitted to prevent and punish infringements of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws

What is the purpose of baselines under the law of the sea?

The determination of baselines is instrumental to the establishment of all maritime zones, since they constitute the starting point for measuring the breadth of each zone

What kind of passage does qualify as 'innocent passage'?

A vessel's passage is considered 'innocent' where it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State

What kind of rights do coastal States enjoy over their continental shelf?

The coastal State enjoy ipso facto and ab initio sovereign rights over its continental shelf for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources

When coastal States do enforce their criminal jurisdiction over foreign vessels in their ports?

Port States generally do not enforce their criminal jurisdiction over crimes that do not infringe their customs laws or disrupt peace and public order.

When does an illegal act of violence on the high seas fall short of qualifying as piracy?

When it is committed for 'private ends'