territorial waters

Examples of the high seas

the high seas
They had no radio, neither receiver nor transmitter, so once on the highseas she was totally out of touch with civilisation.
He dislikes the many books that have come out on this subject that concentrate on dramatic actions on the highseas.
When their ship was wrecked in highseas, the seven brothers and their men swam for seven days with no land in sight.
Now, if that leads to outlawing fishing on the highseas or clearcutting, it may have achieved their aim.
Many of the world's deep seabed ecosystems lie in the highseas beyond the national sovereignty of exclusive economic zones.
In fact, an informal, 'open access', minimal regulation, regime such as presently exists for biological and genetic resources in the highseas is a distinct possibility.
They may be relevant for highly capitalized forms of resource exploitation that can absorb the high costs of research, management, and monitoring, especially fisheries on the highseas.
The fact is, there are people who take to the ocean in unseaworthy vessels, and they need support while they are on the highseas.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Our fleet is fishing in highseas 200 meters deep.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
If people are picked up on the highseas, they can be taken back to the country of transit.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This law is based on the overriding principle of the freedom of the highseas.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The highseas fall outwith the responsibility of any nations or fisheries organisations and fishing activities have been largely unregulated.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Who can tell when these vessels will become rather more numerous on the highseas?
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