Ocean Waters Law and Legal Definition
According to 33 USCS § 1402 (b), the term ocean waters means "those waters of the open seas lying seaward of the base line from which the territorial sea is measured, as provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (15 UST 1606; TIAS 5639)."
Legal Definition list
- Ocean Transportation-Related Services
- Ocean Transportation Intermediary
- Ocean Transportation Brokerage
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plantship
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facility or Plantship
- Ocean Waters
- Ocean Waybill
- Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Resources
- Oceangoing Ship
- Oceanographic Research Vessel
- Octane Rating
Related Legal Terms
- Arctic Waters
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
- Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs [Department of State]
- Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean
- Coastal Recreation Waters
- Coastal Waters
- Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean
- Convention Waters
- Customs Waters
- Exposed Waters
