Navy impounds 3 Vietnamese fishing boats

 

 

SATTAHIP:-- The Royal Thai Navy impounded three Vietnamese boats caught fishing illegally in Thai waters.

Patrol Boat 272 found the boats 47 nautical miles off Koh Juang May 26. All three were anchored hunting for squid.

Crewmembers were brought to shore and charged with illegal fishing and entering the kingdom illegally.

The 1st Naval Area Command this year has captured 19 Vietnamese fishing boats while the 2nd Naval Area Command has caught 29.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-05-29--

Assuming the "fishing" boats are fishing for fish, I'm shocked there are any fish left in Thai waters.

 

17 hours ago, Rimmer said:

47 nautical miles

Thats a long way...just how far do "Thai waters" extend ???

25 minutes ago, johng said:

Thats a long way...just how far do "Thai waters" extend ??? 

According to Wikipedia: An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.^[1] It stretches from the baseline out to 200 nautical miles (nmi) from its coast. In colloquial usage, the term may include the continental shelf. The term does not include either the territorial sea or the continental shelf beyond the 200 nmi 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, as can be seen in the map, are international waters.

2 minutes ago, paulbrow said:

According to Wikipedia: An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.^[1] It stretches from the baseline out to 200 nautical miles (nmi) from its coast. In colloquial usage, the term may include the continental shelf. The term does not include either the territorial sea or the continental shelf beyond the 200 nmi 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, as can be seen in the map, are international waters.

However, Territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,^[1] is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships (military and civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it, or transit passage for straits; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below. Adjustment of these boundaries is called, in international law, maritime delimitation.

37 minutes ago, johng said:

Thats a long way...just how far do "Thai waters" extend ???

Is it 60 nautical miles?

37 minutes ago, paulbrow said:

However, Territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,^[1] is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships (military and civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it, or transit passage for straits; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below. Adjustment of these boundaries is called, in international law, maritime delimitation.

Maybe the use the same system as they used to calculate how far VT7 is from the sea... 

4 hours ago, paulbrow said:

According to Wikipedia: An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.^[1] It stretches from the baseline out to 200 nautical miles (nmi) from its coast. In colloquial usage, the term may include the continental shelf. The term does not include either the territorial sea or the continental shelf beyond the 200 nmi 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, as can be seen in the map, are international waters.

According to China, at the "Nine Dash Line" which covers the South China Sea. Do I see the South China Sea off the coast of Pattani? Time for Thailand to worry...

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