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Originally Posted by Ryzorian
As to International waters, that tends to be a really blurred line. Most nations respect a 200 mile range on territorial waters, the US only sees 12. We Americans tend to be pretty near sighted.
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I think you're confusing territorial waters with economic exclusive zone.
Under the international law of the sea, a coastal country can claim 12 miles of water from it's coast as territorial waters, and 200 miles off it's coast as the economic exclusive zone.