LOSC, offshore resources and Australian marine policy

Marine Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-227

  Evans, Nathan ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEZ; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; EXPLOITATION; LAW OF THE SEA; MARINE RESOURCE; NATIONAL POLICY; RESOURCE EXPLOITATION; UNCLOS;

AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; SEA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029960670     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-597X(96)00008-5     Document Type: Article

References (24)

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4. Article 76 of the LOS Convention explicates distance and depth criteria upon which coastal States may make delineations of continental shelf areas. Maximally, these are 350 miles distant from the baseline or 100 miles from the 2500 metre isobath.
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