The phrase "sovereign waters" is correct and can be used in written English.
It specifically refers to the maritime boundaries and territories that fall under the control and jurisdiction of a particular nation. Example: The country's navy patrolled their sovereign waters to protect their fishing industry from foreign vessels.
Yet next year, a Spanish company will begin drilling new wells 50 miles from the Florida Keys — in Cuba's sovereign waters.
The United States is one of many countries that reckon the Northwest Passage is an international waterway, rather than Canada's sovereign waters.
On Tuesday Cameron's official spokesman said: "Our view about the importance of the territorial integrity of our sovereign waters is unchanged.
Britain this week played down a report from a UN commission that led to revived but disputed claims that the Falkland Islands are within Argentinian sovereign waters.
Britain has played down a report from a UN commission that led to revived but disputed claims that the Falkland Islands is within Argentinian sovereign waters.
Jokowi wants to spread prosperity by making fisheries more productive, assert control over Indonesia's sovereign waters and build marine infrastructure to help bring Indonesia's poor and far-flung eastern islands into Java's relatively prosperous orbit.
Possibly one of the most underreported stories of the decade are water conflicts among large western U.S. cities, counties, states and Native American tribes, which have their own sovereign water rights.
Possibly one of the most under-reported stories of the decade are water conflicts between large Western U.S. cities, counties, states and Native American tribes, which have their own sovereign water rights.
These seas lie far beyond the horizon – 200 nautical miles offshore to be precise – and begin where sovereign national waters give way to the global commons, owned by none, shared by all.
According to the 1982 convention, each country's sovereign territorial waters extend to a maximum of 12 nautical miles (22 km) beyond its coast, but foreign vessels are granted the right of innocent passage through this zone.
It also analyzes the implications and challenges Mexico must take on regarding the legal and institutional vacuums regulating these systems and reflects on the importance of designing a sovereign, interdependent water policy to foster cooperation for equitable distribution of transborder groundwater.
