### Question
What does fisheries zone mean?


### Answer
**Fisheries zone** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 971*:

> the waters included within a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, of which the inner boundary is a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each coastal State, and the outer boundary is a line drawn in such a manner that each point on it is two hundred nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 971*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 16A-ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVENTION**

