The size of New Zealand's
exclusive economic zone far exceeds its land mass, and has attracted a large amount of interest from resource exploration companies in recent years.
He
further said, «Section 2 (1) of NIMASA Act states that «This Act shall apply to ships, small ships and crafts registered in Nigeria and extended to ships, small ships and crafts flying a foreign flag in the
Exclusive Economic Zone, Territorial and Inland Seas, Inland Waterways and in the Ports of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.»