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5.1 Rights within the EEZ 6 The continental shelf
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5.1 Rights within the EEZ 6 The continental shelf
Article 57 of the LOSC provides that the EEZ can extend to a distance of up to 200 miles from the baseline. The regime of the EEZ provides that coastal states do not enjoy full sovereign rights but only sovereign rights for the purpose of exploiting and exploring, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the sea bed and subsoil and the superjacent Strictly speaking the continental shelf is a geographical term to describe the sea bed, which is covered by shallow water of generally less than 200 metres, projecting from the coast before a relatively steep descent (the continental slope) to the deep sea bed. The breadth of the continental shelf varies enormously: off some parts of the Pacific coast of the USA the continental shelf extends for less
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1998
Imprint Routledge-Cavendish
Pages 1
eBook ISBN 9781843143802
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