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submerged lands

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submerged lands [səb′mərjd ′lanz]
(geology)
Lands covered by water at any stage of the tide, as distinguished from tidelands which are attached to the mainland or an island and are covered or uncovered with the tide; tidelands presuppose a high-water line as the upper boundary, submerged lands do not.


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In addition to extending the public hearing deadline, he commissioned a report into "all our offshore resources" and vowed to hold meetings around the United States on how to move forward and develop the energy resources in the submerged lands, subsoil and seabed that make up the outer continental shelf.
It forbids harvest from state-owned submerged lands without a lease unless the harvester is removing less than 2,000 pounds of kelp each year for "human consumption," an undefined term.
Dore, "Valuation of Submerged Lands," The Appraisal journal, (July 2001): 296-300.
 
 
 
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