exclusive economic zone
noun
: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it
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The latest position puts the Chinese vessel outside the Australian territorial waters, which extend up to 12 nautical miles [13.8 miles] from its coasts, but within the country's 200-nautical-mile [230 miles] exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a Newsweek map shows.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Last month, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol around Alaska's Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
—CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
Philippines at the Center of a Regional Shift At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Illicit fishing has plagued costal Argentina for decades, experts say, with the Argentine Navy saying that Chinese vessels are frequent violators of the exclusive economic zone.
—Avery Schmitz, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Last month, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol around Alaska's Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
—CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
Philippines at the Center of a Regional Shift At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Illicit fishing has plagued costal Argentina for decades, experts say, with the Argentine Navy saying that Chinese vessels are frequent violators of the exclusive economic zone.
—Avery Schmitz, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
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