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Exclusive Economic Zones: Sovereign Rights over Marine Resources

Quick fact

The EEZ concept was codified in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, granting coastal nations rights over 200 nautical miles, covering about 38% of the world's ocean surface.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a country claiming an invisible zone stretching far out into the ocean, where it alone can fish and drill for oil. But what gives it that right?