Maritime Administration : U.S. MARITIME ADVISORY 2016-002-CUBA-

1. THIS ADVISORY IMPORTS FORMER SPECIAL WARNING 029 INTO THE U.S. MARITIME ADVISORY SYSTEM.

2. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IN TRANSITING THE WATERS SURROUNDING CUBA. WITHIN DISTANCES EXTENDING IN SOME CASES UPWARDS OF 20 MILES FROM THE CUBAN COAST, VESSELS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND BOARDED BY CUBAN AUTHORITIES. CUBA VIGOROUSLY ENFORCES A 12-MILE TERRITORIAL SEA EXTENDING FROM STRAIGHT BASELINES DRAWN FROM CUBAN COASTAL POINTS. THE EFFECT IS THAT CUBA'S CLAIMED TERRITORIAL SEA EXTENDS IN MANY CASES BEYOND 12 MILES FROM CUBA'S PHYSICAL COASTLINE.

3. THE PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVISING UNITED STATES MARINERS OF INFORMATION RELEVANT TO NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY AND IN NO WAY CONSTITUES A LEGAL RECOGNITION BY THE UNITED STATES OF THE VALIDITY OF ANY FOREIGN RULE, REGULATION, OR PROCLAMATION SO PUBLISHED.

4. THIS MESSAGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRE ON JULY 6, 2017.

[ORIGINALLY ISSUED: 011835Z MAR 1962]