Exclusive Economic Zone; Rights of the Coastal State

POLITICAL LAW QUESTION 2005

Enumerate the rights of the coastal state in the exclusive economic zone.

ALTERNATIVE ANSWER:

In the EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, the coastal State has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds in an area not extending more than 200 nautical miles beyond the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured. Other rights include the production of energy from the water, currents and winds, the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures, marine scientific research and the protection and preservation of the marine environment. (Art. 56, U.N.Convention on the Law of the Sea)

ALTERNATIVE ANSWER:

SOVEREIGN RIGHTS — for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the seabed and subsoil and the superjacent waters, and with regard to other activities such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds in an area not extending more than 200 nautical miles beyond the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured. (See Art. 56, UNCLOS) 

Jurisdiction, inter alia, with regard to:

(1) the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures;

(2) marine scientific research; and

(3) the protection and preservation of the marine environment.