Subject: Re: More holes in the world EEZ
Date: May 17, 2001 @ 11:35
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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> See this site for three holes in New Zealand's complicated EEZ,Kermadecs
> including one tiny one created by the juxtaposition of the
> EEZ and the indentation in North Island EEZ due to the Bay ofPlenty.
> http://www.fishinfo.co.nz/clement/atlas/nz200.htmlclaim
>
> And see here for a nice map of the South China Sea, showing what is
> probably the tenth Pacific hole that Michael counted and I couldn't
> find. (Potentially an eleventh, too, since the extended Brunei
> divides it.)other
> http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/scs/scs-claims-map.htm
> However, if we entertain Brunei then we have to entertain all the
> overlapping claims in the area, which (I *think*) obliterate theEEZ
> hole. 200nm EEZs constructed from the Spratlys, Paracels andtheir
> Scarborough Reef fill the hole completely, for instance, although
> UN status would be dubious given the rather poor "habitability" of
> these locations.
>
> Grant