2007 California Public Resources Code Chapter 2. Definitions

CA Codes (prc: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.