Location
Key Information
| 29,206 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 29,206 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
Boundary: Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. (Unmodified)
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Purpose
To establish national maritime boundaries and manage fisheries resources.
Species of Concern: multiple
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
Bangladesh has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of these waters. Fishing restrictions, such as bag limits, seasons, and size restrictions apply. Following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibitions that apply in these waters:
- Pass through the territorial sea by any submarine or any other underwater vehicle except warships without showing its flag;
- A foreign vessel discharging or permitting to discharge any nuclear or other dangerous, noxious or harmful substance or hazardous waste in the internal waters and territorial sea;
- The passage of a foreign vessel is not innocent and shall be considered as an offence if the vessel, while in the Territorial Sea, engages in:
(a) any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of Bangladesh or any other act which violates the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;
(b) any exercise or practice with weapons of any kind, any act aimed at collecting information, which would be prejudicial to the defence or security of Bangladesh, any act of propaganda circulated to affect the defence or security of Bangladesh, launching of, landing on any aircraft from ship launching of, landing on board of any military device;
(c) loading or unloading of any commodity, currency or person contrary to the customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws of Bangladesh;
(d) any act of wilful pollution in contravention of the Convention and the Bangladesh Environment Conservation, Act 1995 (Act No.1 of 1995);
(e) any fishing activities or carrying out of research or surveying activities;
(f) any act designed to interfere with any system of communication or any other facility or installation in Bangladesh or any other activity not directly related to its passage which is prejudicial to the peace, good order and security of Bangladesh.
- An activity not directly related to its passage which is prejudicial to the peace, good order and security of Bangladesh;
- Damaging behaviours that cause pollution to areas within jurisdiction of Bangladesh;
- Discharge of any types of pollutants or other substances that are prohibited by the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act;
- Discharge of pollutants to sea without following the provisions of the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act or discharging pollutants exceeding the standard;
- Cause marine pollution incidents and be without immediate measures to deal with accidents or other unexpected events;
- Any activity affecting directly or indirectly the marine environment in coastal areas;
Allowed
The following activities are allowed:
1. Innocent passage in the territorial sea (A foreign warship may enter or pass through the Territorial Sea with prior notice to the Government);
2. A submarine or any other underwater vehicle, whether or not a warship, exercising the rights of Innocent Passage through the Territorial Sea by navigating on the surface and showing its flag while passing through the Territorial Sea