U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Exclusive_Economic_Zone

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Exclusive Economic Zone
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Bahamas gptkb:Canada gptkb:Cuba gptkb:Japan gptkb:Marshall_Islands gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Micronesia gptkb:Palau gptkb:Russia gptkb:Samoa gptkb:Venezuela
gptkbp:area	11,351,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:Presidential_Proclamation_5030
gptkbp:establishedIn	March 10, 1983
gptkbp:excludes	full ownership of the seabed sovereignty over the water column
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration gptkb:U.S._Coast_Guard
gptkbp:hasCoastline	200 nautical miles
gptkbp:hasResource	fishing energy production from water and wind exploration and use of marine resources
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:Arctic_Ocean gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Bering_Sea gptkb:Caribbean_Sea gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico gptkb:Pacific_Ocean waters around U.S. Pacific island territories
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea
gptkbp:purpose	environmental protection national security resource management
gptkbp:rank	largest exclusive economic zone in the world
gptkbp:territoryIncludes	gptkb:American_Samoa gptkb:Baker_Island gptkb:Guam gptkb:Howland_Island gptkb:Johnston_Atoll gptkb:Kingman_Reef gptkb:Midway_Atoll gptkb:Northern_Mariana_Islands gptkb:Palmyra_Atoll gptkb:Puerto_Rico gptkb:U.S._Virgin_Islands gptkb:Wake_Island Jarvis Island
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Magnuson-Stevens_Fishery_Conservation_and_Management_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6