Category: The continental shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone

Rights and duties of coastal and other states in the EEZ 1. Rights and duties of coastal states The 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea recognises the right of coastal states to jurisdiction over the natural resources, both living and non-living, of the area extending 200 miles out from the baselines. Coastal states...

Concept of the EEZ 1. Evolution of the concept of the EEZ In the late 1940s and early 1950s, a desire to protect the rich waters of the Humboldt Current from foreign fishers led Peru, Chile and Ecuador to claim sovereignty 200 miles offshore. When other Latin American states began to support their claim, various...

Rights of coastal states and other states in the continental shelf 1. Rights of coastal states Coastal states have exclusive sovereign rights over the resources of the continental shelf for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources, but they do not have full sovereignty over the shelf. Other states enjoy certain rights...

Definition and method of drawing the limits of the continental shelf 1. Evolution of the continental shelf as a legal concept The Truman Proclamation of 1945 became a catalyst for a variety of titles or claims by various states to the seabed and subsoil adjacent to their territorial seas. However, these states did not use...