National water - meaning and illustration

“Kenya fishery waters” includes all maritime zones declared in the Maritime Zones Act, internal waters, Lakes, cap. 250 riverine systems and any other waters including intertidal, inland and riverine over which Kenya exercises or claims jurisdiction;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 )

“Kenyan waters” mean the sea or other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of Kenya;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Merchant Shipping Act, 2009, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Merchant Shipping Act, 2009 )

“Seychelles waters” includes any waters and continental shelf area over which Seychelles exercises jurisdiction or sovereign rights as provided in the Maritime Zones Act, (Cap 282);

✏️ Source -- SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025, Part 1, Section 2, Sub-section 1 ( SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025 )

‘‘SouthAfrican waters’’means the seashore, internal waters, territorial waters, the exclusive economic zone, and in relation to the sedentary species as defined in Article 77 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the continental shelf as defined in section 7 of the Maritime Zones Act, 1994, and such waters include tidal lagoons and tidal rivers in which a rise and fall of the water level takes place as a result of the tides;

✏️ Source -- South Africa Marine Living Resources Act, 1998, Section 1, Paragraph liv ( South Africa Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 )