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exclusive economic zone
noun
- the coastal water and sea bed around a country's shores, to which it claims exclusive rights for fishing, oil exploration, fishing, etc Sometimes shortened toeconomic zone
Example Sentences
"While we're only about 200 square kilometers in land mass, we have an exclusive economic zone of almost 2 million square kilometres," she says.
For all four species the vast majority of hotpots for whale-ship strikes -- more than 95% -- hugged coastlines, falling within a nation's exclusive economic zone.
An international court ruled in 2016 that the Second Thomas Shoal, which lies near the site of the collision on Monday, was within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
Jonson used the name the Philippines has adopted for the stretch of waters called the exclusive economic zone extending from its western coast to the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually in its entirety and guards closely with its coast guard, navy and other ships.
Qatar is also partners with ExxonMobil in oil and gas exploration in one of 13 areas, or blocks, inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone off the island’s southern coastline.
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