Portugal's Exclusive Economic Zone

Portugal has the 3rd largest Exclusive Economic Zone of the EU and the 11th in the world. The seazone over which the Portuguese have special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, has 1,727,408 km².

Portugal's Exclusive Economic Zone

*Continental Portugal 327,667 km²
*Azores Islands 953,633 km²
*Madeira Islands 446,108 km²
*Total: 1,727,408 km²

Dispute with Spain

Spain defends that the southernmost EEZ border between Spain and Portugal should consist on an equidistant line drawn halfway between Madeira and the Canary Islands. But Portugal exercises sovereignty over the Savage Islands (a small archipelago north of the Canaries) thus pushing the EEZ border further south.

Spain objects on the basis that the Savage Islands do not have a separate continental shelf [ [http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/Elcano_es/Zonas_es/Europa/DT34-2004 Lacleta Muñoz, José Manuel: "Las fronteras de España en el mar". Documentos de trabajo 34-2004, "Real Instituto Elcano"] ] , according to the article 121 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:

"Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf." [ [http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part8.htm United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part VIII, Article 121] ]

The status of the Savage Islands as islands or rocks is thus at the core of the current dispute. Today the Savage Islands constitute a natural reserve whose only year-round inhabitants are two wardens of Madeira's Natural Park. Over the years the Portuguese authorities have seized some Spanish fishing boats around the area for illegal fishing. [ [http://tercud.ulusofona.pt/Publicacoes/2005/LeitaoN_CarvalhoL_Text.pdf Carvalho, Luis and Leitão, Nuno, "A Noção "Estratégica" das Ilhas Selvagens" (in Portuguese)] ]

EEZ's World table

ee also *Fishing in Portugal *Territorial waters *Continental shelf *International waters References External links * [http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part5.htm United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Part V] * [http://www.seaaroundus.org/eez/eez.aspx Sea Around Us Project - View the EEZ of all nations] (Note that this site does not distinguish between territorial waters and the EEZ, and so tends to overstate EEZ areas.) *GIS data at [http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/marbound/ VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase] Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую Charles Joseph Weld Elise Hwasser Look at other dictionaries: Exclusive Economic Zone — Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. Definition Generally a state s EEZ extends to a distance of 200 nautical miles (370… …   Wikipedia Portugal — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Portugal (disambiguation). Portuguese Republic República Portuguesa (Portuguese) …   Wikipedia Portugal–Spain relations — Present Relations between Portugal and Spain are good. They cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking and tackling forest fires (common in the Iberian Peninsula in summers), for example. These close relations are facilitated by similar… …   Wikipedia Zone économique exclusive — Les zones maritimes du droit international de la mer D après le droit de la mer, une zone économique exclusive (ZEE) est un espace maritime sur lequel un État côtier exerce des droits souverains en matière d exploration et d usage des ressources …   Wikipédia en Français Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …   Universalium Portugal — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Portugal <p></p> Background: <p></p> Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status… …   The World Factbook Fishing in Portugal — Fishing is a major economic activity in Portugal. The country has a long tradition in the sector, and is among the countries in the world with the highest fish consumption per capita. [pt icon PESSOA, M.F.; MENDES, B.; OLIVEIRA, J.S. [http://igbp …   Wikipedia Economy of Portugal — The Economy of Portugal is a high income market economy. The Global Competitiveness Report for 2005, published by the World Economic Forum, places Portugal s competitiveness on the 22nd position, ahead of countries and territories like Spain,… …   Wikipedia Outline of Portugal — …   Wikipedia Zona económica exclusiva de Portugal — Zona económica exclusiva de Portugal. Azul oscuro: Zona económica exclusiva de Portugal; azul claro: posibles extensiones en la plataforma continental; flecha roja: áreas donde continúa la investigación de posibles extensiones en la plataforma… …   Wikipedia Español 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”