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An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a zone in the sea prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) over which a country has certain rights. In this article, you can read all about EEZs, which is a part of both the economy and the geography segments of the UPSC syllabus.
Jun 11, 2024 · The concept of an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was introduced at the Third United Nations (UN) Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973–82) in order to settle potential disputes between countries by awarding sovereign jurisdiction within boundary waters to coastal states.
An exclusive economic zone is basically an area of coastal water and seabed within a certain distance of a country's coastline, to which the country claims exclusive rights for fishing, drilling, and other economic activities.
India has the 18th-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with a total size of 2,305,143 km 2 (890,021 sq mi). [1] . It includes the Lakshadweep island group in the Laccadive Sea off the southwestern coast of India [2] and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. [3] .
An “exclusive economic zone,” or “EEZ” is an area of the ocean, generally extending 200 nautical miles (230 miles) beyond a nation's territorial sea, within which a coastal nation has jurisdiction over both living and nonliving resources.
The exclusive economic zone is the zone where the U.S. and other coastal nations have jurisdiction over natural resources. This NOAA map shows the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
Apr 25, 2016 · An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is an area which is beyond, and is adjacent to, a given country's territorial seas, and extends no more than 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) out from a country's own coastlines.
Aug 22, 2023 · The Exclusive Economic Zone in International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. This monograph is an early and detailed study on the scope and effects of the EEZ legal arrangement on the international contemporary society, just after the conclusion of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
May 16, 2019 · The concept of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has been adopted at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 10 December 1982. It is a part of customary international law due to the fact that within EEZ the coastal state can exercise some exclusive rights and jurisdiction over the ...
