[talk-au] Maritime boundaries

[Darrin Smith]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:02:18 -0700 (PDT)
Delta Foxtrot <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith <beldin at beldin.org> wrote:
> > Interestingly that page I linked lists the Exclusive
> > Economic Zone (the
> > 200nm case) as extending from the outside of the 12nm
> > limit, which
> > would actually make it 212nm from the baseline case.
> 
> An exclusive economic zone extends for 200 nautical miles (370 km)
> beyond the baselines of the territorial sea, thus it includes the
> territorial sea and its contiguous zone.[3] A coastal nation has
> control of all economic resources within its exclusive economic zone,
> including fishing, mining, oil exploration, and any pollution of
> those resources. However, it cannot regulate or prohibit passage or
> loitering above, on, or under the surface of the sea, whether
> innocent or belligerent, within that portion of its exclusive
> economic zone beyond its territorial sea. Before 1982, coastal
> nations arbitrarily extended their territorial waters in an effort to
> control activities which are now regulated by the exclusive economic
> zone, such as offshore oil exploration or fishing rights (see Cod
> War). Indeed, the exclusive economic zone is still popularly, though
> erroneously, called a coastal nation's territorial waters.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters#Exclusive_economic_zone

Yes, I'm fully aware of the 200nm official UN definition, I just found
it interesting (hence the use of the term 'interestingly' at the start
of the sentence there) that that page appeared to be in error. 

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