Sentences with phrase «in international waters»

We know the law and can help you, whether your injury occurred in international waters or a foreign port of call.

They've been doing these missions in international waters for many, many decades.

In fact, if you have considered going international but don't really know where to start then this is a great way of dipping your toes in the international waters!

Technically speaking you could set up a rig in international waters without any sort of government approval, but you also would not have any government support.

It's my understanding that when in international waters you are under the laws of your home country.

We were 16 nautical miles from land so that the casino's, and duty - free shops could legally open in international waters.

My sense, in this case, is that efforts by environmental and animal - welfare campaigners to track and document this whale hunt in international waters have provided a vital public service.

It can be very hard to regulate anything in international waters, but studies show that buffer zones in territorial waters could help.

I'm interested in the outcome in case these guys would have operated in international waters.

Can random countries just seize vessels in international waters if they decide the vessel is dirty?

As such, the exact constraints depends on either the flag state or whatever any nation feels like enforcing on merchant ships in international waters.

Many of these accidents occur in international waters and ports, which can complicate your claim.

Sports betting is legal in four states, although straight sports bookmaking is legit only in Nevada (and on a floating casino in international waters off the coast of Fort Lauderdale).

While shark fishing in international waters (inexplicably) remains unrestricted, there may yet be some hope for the beleaguered animals: a newly proposed U.N. resolution would call for immediate catch limits and for a complete ban on shark finning.

When will US politicians have the courage to stand up to the terrorist leaders of Israel who have been sending government assassins to murder people in foreign countries, and conduct piracy in international waters where they illegally board ships, murder people on board the ships, and steal the personal properties of the ship's passengers?

The death toll from a ship that capsized Friday in international waters near the Italian island of Lampedusa climbed to 31, according to the Maltese military.

@SJuan76 Sorry but oil exploration is somewhat a small part of this question - I am also asking about the wider commercial operations in the International waters

We're not the only ones who want this: a 2014 Greenpeace survey revealed that 74 percent of people across 30 different countries support the establishment of a global sanctuary in the international waters around the North Pole.

revealed that 74 percent of people across 30 different countries support the establishment of a global sanctuary in the international waters around the North Pole.

These «bunker fuels,» in industry - speak, include ships in international waters as well as international flights, according to the World Resources Institute.

«Many countries, such as China, Russia, Japan, France and India, are positioning themselves strategically to secure resource areas in international waters,» says Søreide.

«We have been attacked while in international waters.

In September 1993, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson used the World Charter as a legal justification in the Newfoundland Provincial Court to defend himself against felony charges of ordering and forcing Cuban trawlers off the Tail of the Grand Banks in international waters.

Fishing for sharks in international waters is unrestricted, said Baum, who supports a recently adopted U.N. resolution calling for immediate shark catch limits and a ban on shark finning.

On December 17 he misspelled the word «unprecedented» as he conveyed his outrage in a tweet: «China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters — rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act.»

Additionally, he and mused about creating floating tech cities on cruise ships moored in international waters off the U.S. coastline.

«This incident... is entirely inconsistent with the professional norms of militaries operating in proximity to each other in international water and international airspace.»

Similarly, we are constantly told that we are not engaging in war in Central America, or taking any part in the fighting there, even though our own CIA has mined harbors in international waters — an act of war (and a violation of international law) if ever there was one.

Every good marketer knows you have to localize to succeed in international waters.

Is boarding such a ship by a state (B) which is not the same as (A) when (B) has an illegal blockade in international waters an act of war and thus a legitimate Casus belli?

@SJuan76: The other question doesn't address fishing, sailing etc. in international waters.

This confrontation took place in international waters.

The IMB has recorded more than 100 piracy incidents in international waters this year, including shootings, attempted kidnappings and hijackings of ships.

In the case of HMS Cumberland as I've explained it will be positioned in international waters near Libya in, for the eventuality of it being needed.

In 2016, five nations were responsible for nearly 85 percent of observed fishing activity in international waters, which can be particularly vulnerable to overfishing.

Interested governments have recently created rules for prospecting in international waters.

Because many American lives had been lost, this request was not totally unreasonable, although technically, U.S. authorities had no jurisdiction because the Titanic was a British ship that had sunk in international waters.

In science news around the world this week, public health officials in South Wales are trying to contain a measles outbreak; questions are still spinning around the legality of a geoengineering experiment conducted last summer in international waters; a magnitude - 6.6 earthquake struck below the surface of Ya'an, China; and more.

Coastal wetland areas are easier for governments to manage compared with ecosystems that reside in international waters, further adding to the strategic value of coastal wetlands in the fight against climate change.

'» She chaired a committee convened by the International Seabed Authority to draw up recommendations for the mining of black smokers in international waters.

As the ministers met, Canadian authorities impounded a Spanish trawler fishing for halibut in international waters off Newfoundland.

Many could eventually become new marine reserves in international waters — but the list, released late last week by a science advisory group to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), is far from producing action.

Today Friedman is a leading proponent of the seasteading movement, an effort to create permanent floating communities in international waters that would allow «the next generation of pioneers to peacefully test new ideas of government,» he says.

It was also inspired by calls by the United Nations General Assembly over the past decade to protect deep - sea habitat in international waters.

some say collapsing... and the rapid build up of their military including those man made islands in international waters....

Even though these banks lie in international waters, by the middle of the decade the Myanmar (Burmese) authorities became aware and uneasy about the activity off of their coastline and asked the dive boats to seek official permission from the government to dive there.