§ 2.05-1 - High seas.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, high seas means all waters which are neither territorial seas nor internal waters of the United States or of any foreign country.1

(b) High seas, as used in 18 U.S.C. 7(1), means the Great Lakes and waters seaward of the low water line along the coast, except waters within harbors or narrow coastal indentations enclosed by promontories.1

(c) High seas, as used in section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 151, and all laws referring thereto, means the waters seaward of the lines described in 46 CFR 7.