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ORDER NO. 473 - ESTABLISHMENT OF SEA LANES FOR THE USE OF FISHING
VESSELS IN PROCEEDING TO AND FROM THEIR FISHING AREAS IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC OCEAN, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS
WHEREAS,
international disputes have frequently arisen involving foreign fishing
vessels and their crews found inside the maritime jurisdiction of the
Philippines, particularly those occurring in waters between the Bashi
and Balintang channels and of the Batanes Islands in the China
Sea;
WHEREAS, it is desirable that such disputes be avoided in the interest
of the international relations of the Philippines;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order.
Section 1.
(a)
Fishing
vessels shall start at point A (at lat. 21 deg. 24 min. N and long 120
deg. — 55 min. E) sailing eastward to point B (at lat. 21 deg. — 24
min. N and long 122 deg. — 05 min. E) turning SE to point C (at lat. 21
deg. — 00 min. N and long 122 deg. — 26 min. E) and then proceeding to
their destination at the South Pacific Ocean. Sea Lane from point A to
C shall have a total width of 10 nautical miles.
(b)
Fishing
vessels shall start at a point D (at lat. 19 deg. 00 min. N and long
122 deg. — 42 min. E) sailing NW to point E (at lat. 19 deg. — 20 min.
N and long 122 deg. — 27 min. E) thence bearing NNW to point F (at lat.
20 deg. — 08 min. N and long 122 deg. — 20 min. E) thence turning W to
point G (at lat. 20 deg. — 08 min. N and long 121 deg. — 27 min. E) to
point A (at lat. 21 deg. — 24 min. N and 120 deg. — 55 min. N) and
thence proceeding to their home ports. Width of Route from point D to
E, E to F and G to A shall each have a total of 12 nautical miles while
the width of the Route F to G shall have a total of 6 nautical miles.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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