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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… oceans that lie beyond the territorial sea and exclusive economic zones (EEZ) and above the continental shelf of … use, and protection of charismatic species, to ii) economic values, including services with no current market … was still a perceived need to move to a binding legal instrument. Thus local experts began work both on drafting a …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… part IV ‘Archipelagic States,’ part V ‘Exclusive Economic Zone,’ part VI ‘Continental Shelf,’ part VII ‘High … 17. Coastal states are also entitled to an Exclusive Economic Zone (“EEZ”) with a maximum width of 200 nautical … taking a decision on the development of an international instrument under the Convention. Soon after, the General …
High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… protection of biodiversity within the 200 n.m. Exclusive Economic Zones is largely a matter of coastal state … high seas bottom trawl fisheries is relatively small. The economic value of these fisheries is a fraction of a percent …