We all know that within a country's territorial waters, foreign ships only enjoy the right of innocent passage. In the exclusive economic zone outside the territorial waters, the principles of freedom of navigation and overflight apply.

The exclusive economic zone is also different from the nature of the high seas. Article 86 of the Convention stipulates that the relevant provisions applicable to the high seas do not equally apply to the exclusive economic zone, because there are huge differences between the two in terms of legal use, legal scope, and the rights and obligations of each country.

Differences. However, the Convention still retains six freedoms such as navigation, overflight, and laying of submarine cables and pipelines.

However, coastal states have full rights to formulate relevant laws and regulations to restrict the above freedoms. The remaining freedoms are naturally different from the original freedoms in the sense of probability on the high seas. From another perspective, as the distance increases, the freedoms possessed by coastal states

Rights are constantly diminishing.”

Xiao Jin couldn't help raising his hand and asked: "Han Bureau, what rights do we have in the exclusive economic zone?"

"This is a good question. Since it is an exclusive economic zone, as the name suggests, it must be related to the economy. In summary, the marine economy is mainly the development and utilization of marine mineral resources. For example, without the permission of our government, other countries are not allowed to mine minerals in our exclusive economic zone.

Resource exploration, development and related activities. The second is fishery jurisdiction..."

Han Yu spoke for more than an hour. Everyone finally knew that other countries could not come to our exclusive economic zone to explore or exploit oil, natural gas and other resources without permission, nor could they come to our exclusive economic zone to engage in fishing, let alone do anything to ours.

The exclusive economic zone causes environmental pollution, etc.

Law enforcement vessels and warships from the Japan Coast Guard and even the Maritime Self-Defense Force can come, and military aircraft can fly over the exclusive economic zone, but the fish, shrimps and oil and natural gas below the water surface are all ours.

If Japan wants to salvage the sunken ship, it may pollute the environment of our exclusive economic zone, cause damage to the ecology of the seabed, and also affect the normal fishing operations of our fishing boats. Therefore, they are not allowed to salvage without the permission of our government.

Just when everyone had just figured out their rights, Han Yu changed the topic: "Comrades, it is not easy for us to go to sea. Considering that ships passing through my country's exclusive economic zone and even territorial waters may violate our country's laws and regulations, Before setting sail, I asked Wu to bring a blank penalty notice.

In the next cruise, we must not only guard against Japan's efforts to salvage sunken ships, but also pay close attention to the waters under the jurisdiction of our Binjiang Maritime Safety Bureau. As long as illegal activities are found, they will be investigated and dealt with. I would like to know if this cruise can be successful.
Chapter completed!