36100-36110
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 36100-36110
36100. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division. 36101. "Advisory committee" means the California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 36302. 36102. "Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)" means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line seaward to 200 nautical miles as set forth in the Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983, in which the United States proclaimed jurisdiction over the resources of the ocean within 200 miles of the coastline. 36103. "High Seas" means offshore waters beyond 200 nautical miles from the coastline. 36104. "Program" means the California Ocean Resources Management Program established by Section 36200. 36105. "Ocean" and "marine" mean those waters from the coastline into the high seas. 36106. "Ocean resources" means all living and nonliving resources found in the Pacific Ocean and its contiguous saline or brackish bays and estuaries. 36107. "Report and plan" means the report and plan prepared by the task force. 36108. "State waters" means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line to three nautical miles offshore, as set forth by the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1311) in which the United States released to adjacent coastal states title, ownership, and the right to manage natural resources from the mean high tide line seaward to three miles. 36109. "Task force" means the Ocean Resources Task Force created by Section 36300. 36110. "Territorial sea" means the zone as measured from mean high tide line to 12 nautical miles offshore as set forth in the Presidential Proclamation on December 27, 1988, in which the United States extended its sovereignty and jurisdiction.