" An archipelagic State may draw straight archipelagic baselines joining the outermost points of the outermost islands and drying reefs of the archipelago provided that within such baselines are included the main islands and an area in which the ratio of the area of the water to the area of the land, including atolls, is between 1 to 1 and 9 to 1."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ baseline joining the outermost points of the outermost islands and drying reefs of an archipelago. It does not exceed 100 nautical miles, except that up to 3 per cent of the total number of baselines enclosing any archipelago may exceed that length, up to a maximum length of 125 nautical mile.
β‘ State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands.
β‘ a group of islands with the sea or ocean surrounding them. It includes parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands, waters and other natural features form an intrinsic geographical, economic and political entity, or which historically have been regarded as such.
β‘ line along the coast of a coastal State as marked on large-scale charts officially recognised by the coastal State which acts as the starting point for measuring the breadth of the sea around a coastal state.
β‘ to dehydrate fishery products through the direct action of heat produced by solar energy or some other source.
β‘ A species that lives in midwater or close to the surface.
β‘ a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc