Sentences with phrase «continental economic zone»

This agreement came into effect on January 1, 1994, making it a continental economic zone and the largest economic trading block in the world.

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This was the first application for a resource consent under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act, Public Act 2012 No 72 (the EEZ Act) and, like the Northern Gateway project, it promised economic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environmentaEconomic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act, Public Act 2012 No 72 (the EEZ Act) and, like the Northern Gateway project, it promised economic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environmentaeconomic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environmental risks.

They have no territorial sea of their own, and their presence does not affect the delimitation of the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone or the continental shelf.

Since it is not party to the treaty, the United States is left out of all of this activity, even though many of the core provisions of the Law of the Sea — including the 200 - nautical mile economic zone and the right to claim control of continental shelf — were originally U.S. ideas.

This month alone, more than 20 countries have submitted claims for continental shelf areas stretching beyond their 200 - nautical - mile exclusive economic zones.

Under the Law of the Sea, countries can only own the seabed beyond their Exclusive Economic Zones (200 nautical miles out) if it's part of their continental shelf.