Gulf of Sidra is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya; it is also known as Gulf of Sirte. It is located by the city of Sirte. The gulf's waters are the warmest of all the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... This article is about the municipality of Libya. ...
Tuna fishing is of economical importance in the Gulf. Species See text Tuna, sometimes called tunafish, are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. ...
Territorial claim
From time to time, Libya has asserted that the entire gulf is Libyan territory, though other countries hold to the international standard of a 12-mile (22.2 km) territorial limit from the country's shore. In 1973 this was asserted by Libya's leader Muammar al-Gaddafi who dubbed it The Line of Death. Map of Sealand and the United Kingdom, with territorial water claims of 3nm and 12nm shown. ... Muammar al-Gaddafi visits Brussels in 2004 (photo courtesy of the EC). ...
This is not without international precedent, the United States, for example enforces a 200 mile air security zone around its coastline [1].
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