Africa's Maritime Dimension: Unlocking and Securing the Potential of its Seas—Interventions and Opportunities

Sea piracy and maritime security in the Horn of Africa: The Somali coast and Gulf of Aden in perspective

“…8 Geographically, the maritime domain of a coastal state includes territorial waters, measured as 12 nautical miles from the coast, the contiguous zone or coastal waters, calculated as 24 nautical miles from the coast, the exclusive economic zone, which is 200 nautical miles from the coast, and last, the continental shelf, which can extend out to 350 nautical miles from the coast. 9 Features 33 Maritime security has two principal dimensions. The first is the intrinsic dimension, which is concerned with the natural integrity of all elements that form the basic and essential features of the maritime domain, such as the pristine quality of the waters and the quantity of fish and other marine resources.…”