Subject: Re: hi<br/>
Date: Jan 26, 2003 @ 21:59<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 &lt;orc@orcoast.com&gt; (&quot;acroorca2002 &lt;orc@...&gt;&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1077005570">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell <br/>
&lt;kevin@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;What exactly constitutes &quot;innocent passage&quot;?  If the US wants <br/>
 </span></blockquote>to sail a <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; &gt;half a mile off Iran, that would not be innocent passage, <br/>
 </span></blockquote>would it<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; Don&#39;t nations still retain the 3 nautical mile limit as &#39;coastal <br/>
 </span></blockquote>waters&#39; as <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; opposed to the 12 nautical mile &#39;territorial waters&#39;, in which they <br/>
 </span></blockquote>may bar <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; entry to foreign vessels?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>a few countries like oz still do distinguish as coastal waters the <br/>
most landward 3nm of their 12nm belt of territorial seas <br/>
 <br/>
& oz even distributes these most landward territorial seas to its <br/>
coastal states <br/>
much as the usa does<br/>
<br/>
& as canada does not <br/>
tho her atlantic provinces claim them<br/>
<br/>
etc etc <br/>
in endless local variety <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
but in the eyes of international law<br/>
these or any other internal distinctions or restrictions dont protect <br/>
such coastal waters <br/>
whether by that or any other name<br/>
from innocent passage<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
since 1994 innocent passage extends everywhere all the way <br/>
inshore to the coastal baselines<br/>
<br/>
the baselines are what limit the passage<br/>
 <br/>
& they of course run at a variable distance from the coast<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
so legally you can just about kiss the most obtrusive capes<br/>
<br/>
& you cant even penetrate certain huge bays at all<br/>
<br/>
but the 3nm distance doesnt have anything to do with it</div>