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International Journal of Marine Science 2013, Vol.3, No.29, 225-237
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of the 12 nautical miles is established taking into
account that it is the marine territory strip adjacent to the
continental emerged territory, where are taking place the
maritime cabotage transportation, the amateur maritime
fishing, the maritime port activities and main marine
pollution impacts which are coming from land sources.
Consequent to the juridical obligation of the Government
to sovereignly protect the territorial sea.
Low tide area or transition strip: This sub-zone
includes the strip located between the average low tide
line and its width depends on the tide width rank, which
for the Colombian Pacific case is of an average of 4 m.
Terrestrial-coastal sub-zone: This sub-zone covers the
strip located from the average high tide line located at
a distance of 2 km inland. For the Colombian Pacific,
this sub-zone must include the entirety of the
mangrove ecosystems and the transition forests
located behind these locally called “guandal” forests;
in this case, the limit is fixed in 2 km inland from
these ecosystems. Likewise all the declared protected
areas in the Natural National Parks system and its
absorption area and all coastal urban centers stretching
2 km from the average high tide line must be included
in all their extension.
Figure 3 shows the proposed delimitation of the
coastal zone and associated coverage, to the
Colombian Pacific coastal municipalities.
Figure 3 Delimitation proposal of the coastal area and coverage for the coastal municipalities of the Colombian Pacific based on the
PNAOCI criteria