China claims an EEZ extending to the eastern end of the Chinese continental shelf ( based on UNCLOS III ) which goes deep into the Japanese's claimed EEZ.

Countries were supposed to lodge their submissions to extend their continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles within ten years of UNCLOS coming into force in the country, or by 13 May 2009 for countries where the convention had come into force before 13 May 1999.

This was increased to 200 nautical miles again in 1994 when the introduction of the exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ ) gave approval to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ).

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS III ), which took place from 1973 through 1982.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ) defined a treaty regarding protection of the marine environment and various maritime boundaries.

The desire for agreement on this and other maritime issues led to three conferences on the Law of the Sea, and ultimately to the treaty known as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ).

Rather, UNCLOS outlines the areas of national jurisdiction, leaving the rest for the international portion.

Rather, this task is left to another body established by UNCLOS, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, which examines scientific data submitted by coastal states that claim a broader reach.

The United States is the only major maritime power that has not ratified the Convention ( see United States non-ratification of the UNCLOS ), with one of the main anti-ratification arguments being a charge that the ISA is flawed or unnecessary.

New claims made under UNCLOS by France over the continental shelf might cause new tensions between France and Canada.

The UNCLOS replaces the older and weaker ' freedom of the seas ' concept, dating from the 17th century: national rights were limited to a specified belt of water extending from a nation's coastlines, usually three nautical miles, according to the ' cannon shot ' rule developed by the Dutch jurist Cornelius van Bynkershoek.

In 1956, the United Nations held its first Conference on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS I ) at Geneva, Switzerland.

Although UNCLOS I was considered a success, it left open the important issue of breadth of territorial waters.

In 1960, the United Nations held the second Conference on the Law of the Sea (" UNCLOS II "); however, the six-week Geneva conference did not result in any new agreements.

Due to Part XI, the United States refused to ratify the UNCLOS, although it expressed agreement with the remaining provisions of the Convention.

The advisory opinion set forth the international legal responsibilities and obligations of Sponsoring States AND the Authority to ensure that sponsored activities do not harm the marine environment, consistent with the applicable provisions of UNCLOS Part XI, Authority regulations, ITLOS case law, other international environmental treaties, and Principle 15 of the UN Rio Declaration.

The dispute between the PRC and Japan concerns the different application of 1982 UNCLOS, which both nations have ratified.

Japan, based on UNCLOS, proposed the Median line division of the EEZ.

The Convention does not provide an operational definition of the term, but in an annex ( UNCLOS Annex 1 ) lists the species considered highly migratory by parties to the Convention.

Exploitation of mineral resources in the extended continental shelf is reserved right for the coastal state, but it has to pay tax over these activities to the International Seabed Authority ( UNCLOS, Art.

* UNCLOS commission is defining the limits of the extended continental shelf.

Once this aspect of UNCLOS is ratified, Canada will presumably control these remaining parts of Grand Banks which are outside of its EEZ jurisdiction.

Mauritius considers that the UK, not being a “ coastal State ” under UNCLOS and international law, had no authority to purport to establish a marine protected area around the Chagos Archipelago and that the MPA was not compatible with the rights of the Chagossians.

In 1977, the Government of Canada formally ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS III ), which mandated the creation of an Exclusive Economic Zone extending off all coasts.

The porbeagle is listed on Annex 1 ( Highly Migratory Species ) of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ) and on Annex 1 of the Conservation of Migratory Species ( CMS ; also known as the Bonn Convention ) Migratory Shark Memorandum of Understanding.

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