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LEGAL CONTEXT
The Exclusive Economic Zone

The LOSC allows each coastal nation to establish an Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) adjacent to its Territorial Sea, extending a maximum of
200nm seaward from the baseline. Within its EEZ, the coastal nation
has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving
and managing living and non-living resources, whether found in ocean
waters, the seabed, or subsoil. All States enjoy the rights of the
freedom of navigation and over flight and of the laying of submarine
cables and pipelines in an EEZ. Coastal States also have exclusive rights
over establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and other
such structures, conducting marine scientific research within their EEZs
as per the Article 60 of LOSC with economic purposes. Coastal States
provide with rights and responsibilities in relation to the protection,
conservation and management of the living and non-living resources
in their EEZ. Measures that maybe employed to enforce the laws and
regulations of the Coastal States include boarding, inspection, arrest and
judicial proceedings. 68

Figure 8.2 – Delineation of Continental Shelf

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