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Chapter 2: Boating Laws & Regulations

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What 3 categories can boating laws and regulations be divided into?
Boat Ownership, Legislation, Legal Requirements for safe operation
What is the Territorial Sea Baseline?
It defines the shoreward extent of the territorial sea of the United States
Normally the Territorial Sea Baseline is the ____ ____ ____ ____ along the coast of the U.S.
Mean low water line
What is the Territorial Sea of the United States?
It consists of the waters, 12 nautical miles wide, adjacent to the coast of the U.S. and seaward of the territorial sea baseline. Some exceptions define it as only extending 3 miles seaward of the baseline
What are the Internal Waters of the United States?
The waters shoreward of the territorial sea baseline
What is the Contiguous Zone? According to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
An area 9 nautical miles wide extending from 3 miles out from the territorial seas baseline to 12 miles out.
What is the Contiguous Zone? NOT according to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
All the waters within the area adjacent to and seaward of the territorial sea extending out to 24 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline.
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