. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 60 COM'IsKCIAL FISH3RES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 10 Ecuador TSRRITGRIAL 'AAT^uRS SOVERSiai-JTY RSAFFIRI^BD: The Ecuadoran Congress in a joint session on August 20 passed a resolution reaffirtning the law of November 6, 1950, concerning territorial v/aters, an August 25 American Embassy dispatch from Quito points out. The resolution reasserts Ecuador's claim to a 12-mlle limit drawn from a base line as provided by the law of November 6, 1950. , that law has been inter- preted in effect to claim a36-mlle limit since it claims 12 miles at 2
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 60 COM'IsKCIAL FISH3RES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 10 Ecuador TSRRITGRIAL 'AAT^uRS SOVERSiai-JTY RSAFFIRI^BD: The Ecuadoran Congress in a joint session on August 20 passed a resolution reaffirtning the law of November 6, 1950, concerning territorial v/aters, an August 25 American Embassy dispatch from Quito points out. The resolution reasserts Ecuador's claim to a 12-mlle limit drawn from a base line as provided by the law of November 6, 1950. , that law has been inter- preted in effect to claim a36-mlle limit since it claims 12 miles at 20 to a degree, whereas, there are ac- tually 60 miles in a degree, and the maps prepared by the Ministry of Na- tional Defense, which were submitted with the despatches under reference, show a 35-mile limit. However, the Chief of the Ec- uadoran Navy informed an officer of the Embassy that the law of Novem- ber 6, 1950, vras confusing and that apparently the phrase "20 to a de- gree" had something to do with Span- ish leagues, and that, in any event, the resolution passed by Congress on August 20 represents a clarifi- cation and interpretation of the law. He stated that he had confer- red with Congressional leaders and those congressmen particularly re- sponsible for the resolution of Au- gust 20, 1952, and that on the basis of these conversations itvras clear that the intent of Congress both in the law of November 6, 1950, and the : resolution of August 22, 1952, was : to assert and claim territorial wa- iters 12miles out from the baseline 1 provided by the law, and that the : apparent claim to a 36-Eile limit :was incorrect and resulted from a â faulty drafting or interpretation of the 1950 law. The Chief of the Ecuadoran Navy added that therefore the 36-Eile limit shovm on the maps under reference is to be disregarded and the maps will be redrawn vaithout this line. The resolution as passed states: "THE CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR CONSIDERBTG:. "
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