Sentence examples for in Libyan waters from inspiring English sources
Bouri, in Libyan waters, is the most active Mediterranean offshore oil field.
Boats are increasingly showing problems shortly after departure, when they are still in Libyan waters".
Illegal fishing in the Mediterranean, especially in Libyan waters, is a continuing challenge to preserving global stocks of bluefin.
Smugglers currently cram people into rubber boats in Libyan waters, before sending the majority into international waters on their own.
The plan is likely to face tricky questions over its mandate in Libyan waters, while aid agencies say it will do nothing to stop the crisis.
So far the international rescue effort has resulted in smugglers' boats being seized and destroyed, but the mission is operating in international – rather than Libyan – waters.
A major rescue operation is under way in the Mediterranean after as many as 700 migrants are feared to have drowned just outside Libyan waters, in what could prove to be the worst disaster yet involving migrants being smuggled to Europe.
The Libyan coastguard said the boat was seized in "a peaceful operation" after entering Libyan waters.
It was being stressed that, in the short term, no naval blockade against Libyan refugees would be possible in Libyan sovereign waters unless and until there was a request from the Libyan government, and possibly a UN security council resolution.
The need to garner sufficient political support has led the Sarraj to hold off from formally requesting western help, including allowing the west to operate in Libyan sovereign waters.
