विशिष्ट आर्थिक क्षेत्र

1,159,063 km²

• Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973

Australia has the third largest Exclusive Economic Zone, behind the United States and France, but ahead of Russia, with the total area actually exceeding that of its land territory. As per UN convention, Australia's EEZ generally extends 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the coastline of Australia and its external territories, except where a maritime delimitation agreement exists with another state.[5] Australia has also claimed, in its submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, an EEZ of 200 nautical miles (370 km) from its Antarctic Territory but has requested it not be considered, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty.[6] Nevertheless, Australia maintains the right to explore and exploit the seabed and water column within its EEZ.

• Continental shelf: 3,191,827 km²
• Trindade and Martim Vaz Island: 469,128 km²
• total: 3,660,955 km²

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Canada is unusual in that its Exclusive Economic Zone, covering 2,755,564 km², is slightly smaller than its territorial waters.[8] The latter generally extend only 12 nautical miles from the shore, but also include inland marine waters such as Hudson Bay (about 300 nautical miles across), the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the internal waters of the Arctic archipelago.

The EEZ of the European Union is shared, so vessels or a national from one country can fish in another country's EEZ.[9] The combined zone amounts to 25 million km², making it larger than the United States' zone, the largest of any single country.[10] '"See: Common Fisheries Policy.

Due to its numerous overseas départements and territories scattered on all oceans of the planet, France possesses the second-largest EEZ in the world, covering 11,035,000 km² (4,260,000 mi²), just behind the EEZ of the United States (11,351,000 km² / 4,383,000 mi²), but ahead of the EEZ of Australia (8,232,000 km² / 3,178,000 mi²). According to a different calculation cited by the Pew Research Center, the EEZ of France would be 10,084,201 km² (3,893,532 mi²), behind the United States (12,174,629 km² / 4,700,651 mi²), but ahead of Australia (8,980,568 km² / 3,467,416 mi²) and Russia (7,566,673 km² / 2,921,508 mi²).

The EEZ of France covers approximately 8% of the total surface of all the EEZs of the world, whereas the land area of the French Republic is only 0.45% of the total land area of the Earth.

Greece has not yet claimed an exclusive economic zone, although it is entitled to do so, as per UNCLOS 1982 as well as customary international law. The reason for its inaction is the direct Turkish threat of casus belli.

Turkey's declaration of casus belli is not related to the EEZ issue. Aegean Sea is a semi-closed sea which has a special nature. Moreover, Turkey is not among the signatories of UNCLOS which allows countries to expand width of their territorial waters up to 12 nautical miles. Besides, Turkey is a persistent objector to the relevant article of UNCLOS. In 1995, just after Greece's ratification of UNCLOS, Turkey declared that if Greece expands the width of her territorial waters over 6 nautical miles (e.g. 12 nautical miles), Turkey would conceive this action as a containment attempt and a direct offence to her sovereignty. So, Turkish Parliament decided that if Greece attempts to expand the width of her territorial waters it would be a cause of war (casus belli). EEZ problem -which is waiting for a viable solution- is just another problem between Turkey and Greece besides other problems.

Portugal Exclusive Economic Zone

• Main land 327,667 km²
• Azores Islands 953,633 km²
• Madeira Islands 446,108 km²
• total : 1,727,408 km²

Portugal has the 3rd largest Exclusive Economic Zone of the EU and the 11th in the world.

764,071 km²

• Ascension Island: 443,844 km²
• British Indian Ocean Tr. (UK): 636,600 km²
• Channel Islands (UK): 6,517 km²
• Gibraltar (UK): 331 km²
• Montserrat (UK): 8,247 km²
• Pitcairn (UK): 837,221 km²
• Saint Helena (UK): 446,616 km²
• Tristan da Cunha (UK): 749,612 km²
• Virgin Islands (UK): 80,701 km²
• total: 3,973,760 km²

भारत के विशिष्ट आर्थिक क्षेत्र

• कुल: 2,305,143 किमी²
• मुख्यभूमि भारत और लक्षद्वीप, 1,641,514 किमी²
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 663,629 किमी²
• कुल: 2,305,143 किमी²

भारत फ़िलहाल अपना विशिष्ट आर्थिक क्षेत्र 350 मील तक बढ़ाकर उसे दुगुना करना चाहता है।[11]

• Marcus Island: 428,875 km²
• Ogasawara Islands: 862,782 km²
• Pacific Ocean (Japan): 1,162,334 km²
• Ryukyu Islands: 1,394,676 km²
• Sea of Japan: 630,721 km²
• total: 4,479,358

Japan has disputes over its EEZ boundaries with all its Asian neighbours (Russia, South Korea, PRC and ROC). The above and relevant maps at the Sea Around Us Project[12][13] both indicates Japan's claimed boundaries, and does not take into account neighbouring power's claims.

New Zealand's EEZ covers 4,083,744 km², according to the Sea Around Us Project,[14][15] which is approximately fifteen times the land area of the country. Sources vary significantly on the size of New Zealand's EEZ; for example, a recent government publication gave the area as roughly 4,300,000 km².[16] These figures are for the EEZ of New Zealand proper, and do not include the EEZs of other territories in the Realm of New Zealand (Tokelau, Niue, the Cook Islands and the Ross Dependency).

Norway has a large exclusive economic zone of 819 620 km² around its coast. The country has a fishing zone of 1,878,953 km², including fishing zones around Svalbard and Jan Mayen[17]. The fact that the European Union shares its economic zones was a big reason why Norway did not entered the EU as a member.

• 201,520 km²[18]

• Asia: 6,382,530
• Baltic: 24,549
• Barents Sea: 1,159,594
• total 7,566,673 km²

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Largest EEZ in the world: 11,351,000 km² / 4,383,000 mi²

• Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976