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The United States has established a contiguous zone extending 24 nautical miles from thebaselines of the United States determined in accordance with international law, but in no casewithin the territorial sea of another nation. 4713.2.3.3 Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)is a zone of limited, generally resource-related rights and jurisdiction adjacent to the territorialsea and may not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline. 48 The United States hasestablished an exclusive economic zone. 49Although a coastal State does not have sovereignty over its EEZ, it has certain, generallyeconomic rights over these areas that must be exercised with due regard for the rights and dutiesof other States, such as the high seas freedoms of other States. 5013.2.3.4 High Seas. International law regarding the high seas applies to all partsof the sea that are not included in the EEZ, territorial sea, internal waters, or archipelagic watersPunish infringement of the above regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea.”). Consider LOSCONVENTION art. 33 (“1. In a zone contiguous to its territorial sea, described as the contiguous zone, the coastalState may exercise the control necessary to: (a) prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitarylaws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; (b) punish infringement of the above laws and regulationscommitted within its territory or territorial sea. 2. The contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical milesfrom the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.”).47 William J. Clinton, Proclamation 7219: Contiguous Zone of the United States, Aug. 2, 1999, 64 FEDERALREGISTER 48701 (Aug. 8, 1999) (“The contiguous zone of the United States extends to 24 nautical miles from thebaselines of the United States determined in accordance with international law, but in no case within the territorialsea of another nation.”).48 Consider LOS CONVENTION art. 55 (“The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to theterritorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction ofthe coastal State and the rights and freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of thisConvention.”); LOS CONVENTION art. 57 (“The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical milesfrom the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.”).49 Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5030: Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States of America, Mar. 10, 1983,97 STAT. 1557 (“The Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States is a zone contiguous to the territorial sea,including zones contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (to the extent consistent with the Covenant and the United NationsTrusteeship Agreement), and United States overseas territories and possessions. The Exclusive Economic Zoneextends to a distance 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.In cases where the maritime boundary with a neighboring State remains to be determined, the boundary of theExclusive Economic Zone shall be determined by the United States and other State concerned in accordance withequitable principles.”).50 Consider LOS CONVENTION art. 56 (“1. In the exclusive economic zone, the coastal State has: (a) sovereignrights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living ornon-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to otheractivities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water,currents and winds; (b) jurisdiction as provided for in the relevant provisions of this Convention with regard to: (i)the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures; (ii) marine scientific research; (iii) theprotection and preservation of the marine environment; (c) other rights and duties provided for in this Convention.2. In exercising its rights and performing its duties under this Convention in the exclusive economic zone, thecoastal State shall have due regard to the rights and duties of other States and shall act in a manner compatible withthe provisions of this Convention. 3. The rights set out in this article with respect to the seabed and subsoil shall beexercised in accordance with Part VI.”).868