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exclusive economic zone

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A maritime zone adjacent to the territorial sea that may not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. Within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the coastal state has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing natural resources, both living and nonliving, of the seabed, subsoil, and the subjacent waters and, with regard to other activities, for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone (e.g., the production of energy from the water, currents, and winds). Within the EEZ, the coastal state has jurisdiction with regard to establishing and using artificial islands, installations, and structures having economic purposes as well as for marine scientific research and the protection and preservation of the marine environment. Other states may, however, exercise traditional high seas freedoms of navigation, overflight, and related freedoms, such as conducting military exercises in the EEZ. Also called EEZ.


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Its goal was to promote the effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Law of the Sea dealing with straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks - species found within the 200-mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of two or more coastal States or within a zone and an adjacent area of the high seas.
Navy has decided to allow the release of highly detailed maps of seafloor topography in the nation's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a 200-mile-wide border extending from U.
Our Orion fleet is critical for surveillance of New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone and surrounding waters, as well as meeting our South Pacific obligations," said New Zealand Defense Minister Mark Burton.
 
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