Order relative to the Fishery Territory of the Faeroes (No 598 of 1976).

This Order defines the fishing territory of the Faeroe Islands being part of the fishing territory of Denmark pursuant to Act No. 597 of 1976. The fishing territory of the Faeroes shall comprise, in addition to internal waters, an area of water which has as boundary a line, called "the fishery limit", running at a distance of 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines as referred to in article 2 of this Order. Boundaries with Iceland, Norway and Great Britain shall, if no special agreement with the State in question has been concluded, be the line which connect the points being equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines along the coast concerned (median line).