Order No. 176 on fishing territory by Greenland.

This Order lays down provisions on delimitation of fishery zone off the coast of Greenland in relation to Canada, in the Nares Straits with two series of geodetic lines between co-ordinate points specified in the text. The Greenland fishing territory includes the area north of 75 degrees north latitude on the west coast and north of 67 degrees north latitude on the East Coast in addition to the internal waters of a sea area bounded by a line (fishing line) that extends from a distance of 200 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1852 meters) from the straight baselines (compass lines) or coastlines extending between the points of low water mark as specified in article 2.