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Historical Values
Year Value
1992 none
1993 none
1994 none
1995 none
1996 none
1997 none
1998 none
1999 none
2000 none
2001 none
2002 none
2003 have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary with the US
2004 concerned about migrants fleeing Haiti's deteriorated economic and political conditions
2005 have not been able to agree on the alignment of a maritime boundary with the US; continues to monitor and interdict Haitian refugees fleeing economic privation and political instability
2006 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict Haitian refugees fleeing economic privation and political instability
2007 disagrees with the US on the alignment of a potential maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict drug dealers and Haitian refugees in Bahamian waters
2008 disagrees with the US on the alignment the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict drug dealers and Haitian and Cuban refugees in Bahamian waters
2009 disagrees with the US on the alignment the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict drug dealers and Haitian and Cuban refugees in Bahamian waters
2010 disagrees with the US on the alignment the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict drug dealers and Haitian and Cuban refugees in Bahamian waters
2011 disagrees with the US on the alignment the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2012 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2013 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2014 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2015 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2016 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2017 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2018 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2019 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2020 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2021 disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary
2022 The Bahamas-US (Maritime Boundary): In declaring its archipelagic waters and 200 nm EEZ in 1993 legislation, The Bahamas did not delimit the outer limits of the EEZ; but in areas where EEZs overlap with neighbors, The Bahamas agreed to equidistance as a line of separation. However, The Bahamas has yet to define maritime boundaries with any of its neighbors, including the United States, whose Florida coast lays about 70 nm from Grand Bahama Island.
2023 The Bahamas-US: in declaring its archipelagic waters and 200 nm EEZ in 1993 legislation, The Bahamas did not delimit the outer limits of the EEZ; but in areas where EEZs overlap with neighbors, The Bahamas agreed to equidistance as a line of separation; however, The Bahamas has yet to define maritime boundaries with any of its neighbors, including the US, whose Florida coast lays about 70 nm from Grand Bahama Island