2.2.3. Exclusive Economic Zone
♤ In addition, a coastal State may establish an exclusive economic zone not extending beyond 200 nautical miles from its baselines.
♤ Here, the coastal State has sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing natural living or non-living resources of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and
♤ With regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds.
♤ In the exclusive economic zone, the coastal State has jurisdiction with regard to the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures, marine scientific research and protection and preservation of the marine environment.♤ CLCS is one of the three institutions created by the UNCLOS.♤ It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.♤ The seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction constitute the “Area”. The Convention provides that the Area and its resources are the “common heritage of mankind”.