Nautical Term: EEZ
Definition of EEZ
An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a geographically defined area, beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, within which a state has the exclusive right to exploit the natural resources, including minerals, waters, and living organisms, as well as the authority to regulate the exploration and use of those resources, with the important caveat that this exclusive right does not extend to the seabed and subsoil beyond the limits of the continental shelf, or to the living organisms above the seabed and subsoil in areas beyond the continental shelf.
For example, in a paragraph discussing international maritime law, one might say: Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, each coastal state has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), extending up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. Within the EEZ, the coastal state has the exclusive right to exploit the natural resources, including fisheries, oil, and gas, as well as the authority to regulate the exploration and use of those resources.
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