2021 MARITIME LAW MIDTERM

1. Fishing from a vessel is allowed during innocent passage through another country's territorial waters. (4 points)

____True

____False

1. The Territorial Sea of any country goes out to ___________ miles? (4 points)

___ a. 10

___ b. 12

___ c. 200

___ d. 24

1. What is the Lead Federal Agency for Maritime Law Enforcement? (4 points)

____The FBI

____The Navy

____U.S. Customs

____U.S. Coast Guard

1. The U.S. Coast Guard can board a U.S. flagged vessel anywhere in the world. (4 points)

____True

____False

1. Where are baselines measured from? (4 points)

____The low-water mark on shore

____The high-tide mark on shore

____The high-water mark on shore

____The sand dunes

1. Which of the below is an act of Piracy under maritime law? (4 points)

____Stowaways on a cruise ship get weapons and take over the control bridge of the ship

____A vessel attacks another vessel 10 miles off the coast of Mexico

____A vessel attacks another vessel 24 miles off of Florida

____A terrorist group sets off a bomb on an oil tanker

1. The waters of the Mississippi River in the U.S. are defined as: (4 points)

____Territorial waters of the U.S.

____Contiguous Zone waters of the U.S.

____Exclusive Economic Zone waters of the U.S.

____Internal waters of the U.S.

1. The United States can stop a foreign vessel from fishing if it is 205 miles off of our shores. (4 points)

____True

____False

1. What types of laws cannot be enforced in a nation's Contiguous Zone?(4 points)

____Drug Laws

____Fiscal Laws

____Sanitary Laws

____Immigration Laws

1. Why is the Flag of a vessel so important? (8 points)________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

1. The United States is one of the many nations that have signed the Law of the Sea Convention. (4 points)

____True

____False

1. Describe what the Right of Visit is (8 points) _______________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

1. Describe what innocent passage is (8 points)______________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

1. If a warship is doing something illegal/not innocent while passing through another nation's territorial waters, it can be boarded and seized by that nation.(4 points)

____True

____False

1. If a warship is conducting a Hot Pursuit of another vessel on the high seas, what would cause the pursuit to have to be stopped?(8 points)_____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

1. Every nation can assert jurisdiction over a Stateless Vessel (4 points)

____True

____False

1. What are the only laws that can be enforced by a nation 180 miles off of its shore? (4 points)

____Drug Laws

____Fishing Laws

____Speeding Laws

____Pollution Laws

1. In order to innocently pass through another nation's territorial seas, you have to give that nation advance notice that you are arriving or can you just go through as long as you do it innocently.(4 points)

____True

____False

1. What part of the Law of the Sea Convention does the United States disagree with? (4 points)

____Seabed mining

____Length of the territorial seas

____Rules for Flag States

____Constructive Presence rules

20. Describe what Constructive Presence means in maritime law. (8 points) __________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________