409. Proposal by the Delegations of the United States and Canada1
1. A state is entitled to fix the breadth of its territorial sea up to a maximum of six nautical miles measured from the applicable baseline.
2. A state is entitled to establish a fishing zone contiguous to its territorial sea extending to a maximum limit of twelve nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of its territorial sea is measured, in which it shall have the same rights in respect of fishing and the exploitation of the living resources of the sea as it has in its territorial sea.
3. Any state whose vessels have made a practice of fishing in the outer six miles of the fishing zone established by the coastal state, in accordance with paragraph 2 above, for the period of five years immediately preceding January 1, 1958, may continue to do so for a period of ten years from October 31, 1960.
4. The provisions of the Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, adopted at Geneva, April 27, 1958, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the settlement of any dispute arising out of the application of the foregoing paragraphs.
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–660. Transmitted in priority telegram 1549 from Geneva, April 6, which is the source text. The proposal was circulated as U.N. doc. ACONF.19/C.1/L.10, and jointly introduced on April 8.↩