The area of the Committee is defined as all the waters of the Atlantic bounded by a line drawn as follows: from a point on the high water mark on the African coast at Cape Spartel (lat. 35??47???N, long. 5??55???W) following the high water mark along the African coast to a point at Ponta de Moita Seca (lat. 6??07???S, long. 12??16???E) along a rhumb line in a northwesterly direction to a point on 6?? south latitude and 12?? east longitude, thence due west along 6?? south latitude to 20?? west longitude, thence due north to the Equator, thence due west to 30?? west longitude, thence due north to 5?? north longitude, thence due west to 40?? west longitude, thence due north to 36?? north longitude, thence due east to 6?? west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in a southeasterly direction to the original point a Cape Spartel.