MARITIME JURISDICTION ACT 1959LONGTITLE An Act to make provision in respect of the territorial seas and the exclusive fishery limits of the state, and to provide for the conservation of the living resources of the sea and for other matters connected with the matters aforesaid. [29th July. 1959.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—1 Interpretation.SECT 1.—In this Act— "exclusive fishery limits" has the meaning given to it by or under section 6; "fishery conservation area" has the meaning given to it by section 7; "foreign ship" means a ship which is not a ship of the Naval Service of the Defence Forces or an Irish ship as defined by section 9 of the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955; "internal waters" has the meaning given to it by section 5; "island" means a naturally formed area of land surrounded by water which is above water at high water; "low-tide elevation" means a naturally formed area of land which is surrounded by ...