Traditionally, the law of the sea was divided into the territorial sea and the high seas which accounted for the application of different rules under different

This is the first systematic assessment of the international 200-mile exclusive economic zone. To date, 145 states have ratified the Law of the Sea Convention,

Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal States have sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage the living resour

This study examines the development of the Exclusive Economic Zone, its scope and effect, as well as its relationship to other aspects of the law of the sea.