exclusive economic zone
nounDefinition of exclusive economic zone
: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it
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Japan’s Defense Ministry said the North Korean projectiles did not reach the country’s territorial waters or its exclusive economic zone. — Kim Tong-hyung, BostonGlobe.com, "North Korea fires more projectiles, rules out talks with South Korea," 16 Aug. 2019 Japan's Defense Ministry said the North Korean projectiles did not reach the country's territorial waters or its exclusive economic zone. — Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News, "North Korea fires more projectiles as it rules out talks with South Korea," 16 Aug. 2019 All nations have jurisdiction over natural resources on the seafloor of their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) no more than 200 nautical miles from their coasts. — National Geographic, "Arctic Assets," 21 Aug. 2019 But in 1977 the creation of the U.S.’s exclusive economic zone around Hawaii protected some of the sites, allowing them to recover for more than 40 years. — Scientific American, "Ballistic Maggots, Synthetic Winks and Why You’re Not Goop: This Week’s Best Science GIFs," 9 Aug. 2019 Cyprus has divided its exclusive economic zone off its southern coast into 13 blocks, or areas. — Washington Post, "Turkey launches new gas drillship amid tensions with Cyprus," 20 June 2019 Japan left the International Whaling Commission on June 30 and has promised the whalers will stay within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone waters. — Washington Post, "Whale meat fetches ‘celebration prices’ after Japanese hunt," 5 July 2019 The mother factory ship Nisshin-maru and two support boats that used to go to the Antarctic will travel as far as Japan's 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone to catch minke, Bryde's and sei whales. — Mari Yamaguchi, Anchorage Daily News, "Japanese whalers bring home their first commercial catch in 31 years," 2 July 2019 Future hunts will be restricted to Japanese waters, and within the country’s exclusive economic zone. — The Economist, "Japan resumes commercial whale hunting after more than 30 years," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exclusive economic zone.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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