exclusive economic zone

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: economic zone. the coastal water and sea bed around a country's shores, to which it claims exclusive rights for fishing, oil exploration, fishing, etc

Example Sentences

Pacific island nation Palau, a staunch US ally in the region, in 2021 alleged that the Da Yang Hao had entered its exclusive economic zone without proper permissions.

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This enabled the French to maintain military bases on every continent—more than 8,000 troops are stationed in overseas territories, including around 2,500 in the Indo-Pacific—and to maintain the world’s second-largest exclusive economic zone, after the U.S.

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The archipelago also allows France to maintain the world’s second-largest exclusive economic zone, after the U.S.

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It shows both carriers coming close to Japanese islands, and at times sailing through Japan's exclusive economic zone.

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The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond a country's territorial waters where that country has exclusive rights to explore and exploit marine resources, but other countries are allowed freedom of navigation through it.

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