Exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom

The exclusive economic zones of the United Kingdom in blue, including the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. The British claim in Antarctica is shown in shaded blue.[1]

The United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone is the fifth largest in the world at 6,805,586 km2 (2,627,651 sq mi).[2] It comprises the exclusive economic zones surrounding the United Kingdom,[3] the Crown Dependencies, and the British Overseas Territories. The figure does not include the EEZ of the British Antarctic Territory.

The UK was late to establish an EEZ, relying on overlapping maritime zones for fisheries, pollution control, and energy matters. The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 gave the powers to establish an EEZ, with the zone defined by the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 which came into force on 31 March 2014.[4][5]

The United Kingdom has not claimed an EEZ extending from Gibraltar or Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

Geography

While the outcrop of Rockall has territorial waters, it does not establish an EEZ by itself, instead falling within the EEZ of the rest of the UK.

The United Kingdom's EEZ in Europe is 773,676 km2 (298,718 sq mi). When including all crown dependencies and overseas territories it is 6,805,586 km2 (2,627,651 sq mi).[2]

Areas of EEZs of the UK, crown dependencies and overseas territories[2]
Territory km2 sq mi Notes
United Kingdom 773,676 298,718 includes Rockall and the Isle of Man
Anguilla 92,178 35,590
Ascension Island† 441,658 170,525
Bermuda 450,370 173,890
British Indian Ocean Territory 638,568 246,552 disputed with Mauritius
British Virgin Islands 80,117 30,933
Cayman Islands 119,137 45,999
Channel Islands 11,658 4,501
Falkland Islands 550,872 212,693 disputed with Argentina
Gibraltar 426 164 disputed with Spain
Montserrat 7,582 2,927
Pitcairn Island 836,108 322,823
Saint Helena† 444,916 171,783
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1,449,532 559,667 disputed with Argentina
Tristan da Cunha archipelago† 754,720 291,400
Turks and Caicos Islands 154,068 59,486
Total 6,805,586 2,627,651

†Part of the overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, which together has an EEZ of 1,641,294 square km.

Legislation

Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013

Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013
Statutory Instrument
CitationSI 1999/1126
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Made11 December 2013
Laid before Parliament18 December 2013
Commencement1 July 1999
Other legislation
Made underScotland Act 1998
Status: Current legislation
Text of the Exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 (SI 2013/3161) is an order in Council of the Government of the United Kingdom, which defines the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom.

The Order asserts a territorial sea of up to 200 nautical miles away from the coast of Great Britain and from the coast of Northern Ireland.[6]

Before the Order, the UK managed a de facto EEZ: the combination of the renewable energy zone, the marine pollution prevention zone and marine research. The UK negotiated individual borders of the EEZ with specific countries, bilaterally.[6] This was standardised and rationalised by the Order through explicit boundaries, uniform across all purposes.[6]

The Order implements the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS).[7]

The Order is made under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.[6]

The boundaries defined in the Order has been used to analyse maritime and coastal energy projections, varying from renewable energy, blue hydrogen and petroleum.[8][9] The boundaries defined in the Order have been used to analyse disruption at UK ports.[10]

In 2014, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published a map showing the differences between the boundaries described by the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 and the boundaries described by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013.[11]

Disputes

See also

References

  1. ^ 10 Downing Street. "Countries within a country". Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Sea Around Us – Fisheries, Ecosystems and Biodiversity". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ "The Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013" http://www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ Gibson, J. (January 2009). "The United Kingdom's elusive exclusive economic zone". Journal of Water Law. 20 (4). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ "The Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d Lando, Massimo (2019). Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process. Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108608893. ISBN 978-1-108-49739-8.
  7. ^ Adam, E. F.; Brown, S.; Nicholls, R. J.; Tsimplis, M. (1 August 2016). "A systematic assessment of maritime disruptions affecting UK ports, coastal areas and surrounding seas from 1950 to 2014". Natural Hazards. 83 (1): 691–713. doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2347-4. ISSN 1573-0840.
  8. ^ "THE UNITED KINGDOM'S BLUE CARBON INVENTORY: ASSESSMENT OF MARINE CARBON STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL IN UK SEAS (INCLUDING WITHIN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS)" (PDF). Wildlife Trusts. 2024.
  9. ^ "UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment Government response to OESEA4 public consultation" (PDF). GOV.UK. 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  10. ^ Adam, E. F.; Brown, S.; Nicholls, R. J.; Tsimplis, M. (1 August 2016). "A systematic assessment of maritime disruptions affecting UK ports, coastal areas and surrounding seas from 1950 to 2014". Natural Hazards. 83 (1): 691–713. doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2347-4. ISSN 1573-0840.
  11. ^ "The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013". United Nations. 2014.

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