no kidding
& no help with our question but awful timely
http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/10/01/d3100101055.htm
http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/10/01/d31001020323.htm
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:
> arif
>
> > By the way, I have no idea whether the Bangladeshi
> > distrcts or the federal government is in charge of the
> > sea water. However, the country claims its
> > territorial sea from a baseline as the coastline is
> > not very smooth. It is quite likely that the seawater
> > within the baseline belongs to the district.
>
> i agree
>
> in canada also at least
> & possibly elsewhere in the british commonwealth
> the same coastal baselines that separate territorial seas from
> internal waters by international law
> are also used to separate the federal from the provincial
waters
> by national law
>
> so in the absence of anything better to go on
> i think it is a good bet for bangladesh too
> as well as for other countries of similar background
>
>
> As I
> > tend not to trust cartographical boundaries and I have
> > not bothered asking the government any questions, I
> > will sit on the fence for now.