S.I. No. 86/2014 - Maritime Jurisdiction (Boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zone) Order 2014.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Maritime Jurisdiction (Boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zone) Order 2014.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on 31 March 2014.

2. The boundary of the exclusive economic zone of the State in the Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea is formed by a series of geodesic lines connecting the following points defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 1984), in the sequence given below

Reference

Latitude

Longitude

1

53° 52.22106 N

5° 49.53816 W

2

53° 46.00 N

5° 22.00 W

3

53° 45.80 N

5° 22.00 W

4

53° 45.80 N

5° 19.33 W

5

53° 44.40 N

5° 19.33 W

6

53° 44.40 N

5° 17.85 W

7

53° 42.14 N

5° 17.85 W

8

53° 42.14 N

5° 16.34 W

9

53° 39.00 N

5° 16.34 W

10

53° 39.00 N

5° 17.00 W

11

53° 32.00 N

5° 17.00 W

12

53° 32.00 N

5° 19.00 W

13

53° 26.00 N

5° 19.00 W

14

53° 26.00 N

5° 20.00 W

15

53° 09.00 N

5° 20.00 W

16

53° 09.00 N

5° 19.00 W

17

52° 59.00 N

5° 19.00 W

18

52° 59.00 N

5° 22.50 W

19

52° 52.00 N

5° 22.50 W

20

52° 52.00 N

5° 24.50 W

21

52° 44.00 N

5° 24.50 W

22

52° 44.00 N

5° 28.00 W

23

52° 32.00 N

5° 28.00 W

24

52° 32.00 N

5° 22.80 W

25

52° 24.00 N

5° 22.80 W

26

52° 24.00 N

5° 35.00 W

27

52° 16.00 N

5° 35.00 W

28

52° 16.00 N

5° 39.00 W

29

52° 12.00 N

5° 39.00 W

30

52° 12.00 N

5° 42.00 W

31

52° 08.00 N

5° 42.00 W

32

52° 08.00 N

5° 46.00 W

33

52° 04.00 N

5° 46.00 W

34

52° 04.00 N

5° 50.00 W

35

52° 00.00 N

5° 50.00 W

36

52° 00.00 N

5° 54.00 W

37

51° 58.00 N

5° 54.00 W

38

51° 58.00 N

5° 57.00 W

39

51° 54.00 N

5° 57.00 W

40

51° 54.00 N

6° 00.00 W

41

51° 50.00 N

6° 00.00 W

42

51° 50.00 N

6° 06.00 W

43

51° 40.00 N

6° 06.00 W

44

51° 40.00 N

6° 18.00 W

45

51° 30.00 N

6° 18.00 W

46

51° 30.00 N

6° 33.00 W

47

51° 20.00 N

6° 33.00 W

48

51° 20.00 N

6° 42.00 W

49

51° 10.00 N

6° 42.00 W

50

51° 10.00 N

6° 48.00 W

51

51° 00.00 N

6° 48.00 W

52

51° 00.00 N

7° 03.00 W

53

50° 50.00 N

7° 03.00 W

54

50° 50.00 N

7° 12.00 W

55

50° 40.00 N

7° 12.00 W

56

50° 40.00 N

7° 36.00 W

57

50° 30.00 N

7° 36.00 W

58

50° 30.00 N

8° 00.00 W

59

50° 20.00 N

8° 00.00 W

60

50° 20.00 N

8° 12.00 W

61

50° 10.00 N

8° 12.00 W

62

50° 10.00 N

8° 24.00 W

63

50° 00.00 N

8° 24.00 W

64

50° 00.00000 N

8° 32.02264 W

65

49° 50.00000 N

8° 32.02264 W

66

49° 50.00000 N

8° 36.00000 W

67

49° 40.00000 N

8° 36.00000 W

68

49° 40.00000 N

8° 45.00000 W

69

49° 30.00000 N

8° 45.00000 W

70

49° 30.00000 N

9° 03.00000 W

71

49° 20.00000 N

9° 03.00000 W

72

49° 20.00000 N

9° 12.00000 W

73

49° 10.00000 N

9° 12.00000 W

74

49° 10.00000 N

9° 17.00000 W

75

49° 00.00000 N

9° 17.00000 W

76

49° 00.00000 N

9° 24.00000 W

77

48° 50.00000 N

9° 24.00000 W

78

48° 50.00000 N

9° 24.53688 W

79

48° 30.00000 N

9° 24.53688 W

80

48° 30.00000 N

9° 48.00000 W

81

48° 20.00000 N

9° 48.00000 W

82

48° 20.00000 N

9° 55.00241 W

83

48° 10.81127 N

9° 55.00241 W

84

48° 10.81127 N

10° 48.56229 W

3. The boundary of the exclusive economic zone of the State in the North-East Atlantic Ocean is formed by a series of geodesic lines connecting the following points defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 1984), in the sequence given below

Reference

Latitude

Longitude

85

55° 24.89173 N

6° 44.64809 W

86

55° 28.00 N

6° 45.00 W

87

55° 28.00 N

6° 48.00 W

88

55° 30.00 N

6° 48.00 W

89

55° 30.00 N

6° 51.00 W

90

55° 35.00 N

6° 51.00 W

91

55° 35.00 N

6° 57.00 W

92

55° 40.00 N

6° 57.00 W

93

55° 40.00 N

7° 02.00 W

94

55° 45.00 N

7° 02.00 W

95

55° 45.00 N

7° 08.00 W

96

55° 50.00 N

7° 08.00 W

97

55° 50.00 N

7° 15.00 W

98

55° 55.00 N

7° 15.00 W

99

55° 55.00 N

7° 23.00 W

100

56° 00.00 N

7° 23.00 W

101

56° 00.00 N

8° 13.00 W

102

56° 05.00 N

8° 13.00 W

103

56° 05.00 N

8° 39.50 W

104

56° 10.00 N

8° 39.50 W

105

56° 10.00 N

9° 07.00 W

106

56° 21.50 N

9° 07.00 W

107

56° 21.50 N

10° 30.00 W

108

56° 32.50 N

10° 30.00 W

109

56° 32.50 N

12° 12.00 W

110

56° 42.00 N

12° 12.00 W

111

56° 42.00 N

14° 00.00 W

112

56° 40.00000 N

14° 00.00000 W

113

56° 40.00000 N

14° 10.00000 W

114

56° 34.63126 N

14° 10.00000 W

115

56° 34.63126 N

14° 19.86168 W

4. As provided by

Section 87

(2) of the

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006

, the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone between reference number 84 set out in Article 2 of this Order and reference number 115 set out in Article 3 of this Order is the line every point of which lies at a distance of 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.

5. The Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Fishery Limits) Order 1976 (

S.I. No. 320 of 1976

) is revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

11 February 2014.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of this Order is to designate the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone of the State.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

21

st February

, 2014.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 87

(3) of the

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006

(No. 8 of 2006), hereby orders as follows