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PostSubject: High seas' remainders.   High seas' remainders. EmptyWed 20 Jan 2021, 19:41

I learned for the first time the term "high seas" on an English language forum, now nearly twenty years ago.

And with all the fuss about "exclusive economic zones and even extensions in the high seas depending on the "continental shelf" I saw this week coincidentally a documentary about that subject. (And I am nearly sure that I discussed it yet on these boards some years ago.)
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/053952-000-A/a-qui-appartiennent-les-oceans/

And even the high seas aren't save anymore for mining for economic profit...
https://www.ft.com/content/dcbc6e94-de26-11e9-b8e0-026e07cbe5b4

But back to the "exclusive economical" zone and the "continental shelf"
https://sites.tufts.edu/lawofthesea/chapter-two/

High seas' remainders. MaritimeZoneSchematic-1

If I understand it well the nation states can above their 200 nautical miles EEZ, funded by arguments, call for an extension based on the "continental shelf"?

And I shaw in the documentary that even a small rock can be usefull to require for the British Crown as a circle of  400 NM becomes EEZ, as here:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/28/rockall-nick-hancock-tom-mcclean

Even the Japanese (as ever inventive) made a special factory to grow coral to plant it in on a coral rock, to keep the rock above water by the growing algues from the factory. Again a rock with an 400 nm circle around it.

And yes, who do you think has the largest "EEZ"?
Surprisingly France...

High seas' remainders. 400px-Territorial_waters_-_World.svg


https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-largest-exclusive-economic-zones.html














































1France11,691,000
2United States11,351,000
3Australia8,505,348
4Russia7,566,673
5United Kingdom6,805,586
6Indonesia6,159,032
7Canada5,599,077
8Japan4,479,388
9New Zealand4,083,744
10Chile3,681,989
11Brazil3,660,955
OOPS: move with the cursor over the hidden black letters:
France: 11,691,000
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