Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone

E687616

The Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area over which the Bahamas holds special rights for exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing natural resources, including regions like the Cay Sal Bank.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exclusive economic zone ⓘ
maritime zone ⓘ
adjacentTo high seas ⓘ
territorial sea of The Bahamas ⓘ
allows freedom of navigation for other states ⓘ
freedom of overflight for other states ⓘ
coastalStateRights jurisdiction over artificial islands and installations ⓘ
jurisdiction over marine scientific research ⓘ
jurisdiction over protection and preservation of the marine environment ⓘ
sovereign rights for economic exploitation ⓘ
contains coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
fishing grounds important to Bahamian economy ⓘ
marine protected areas (designated within EEZ) ⓘ
country The Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas
environmentalConcerns climate change impacts on marine ecosystems ⓘ
coral reef degradation risk ⓘ
overfishing risk ⓘ
givesRightsTo conserve natural resources ⓘ
exploit natural resources ⓘ
explore natural resources ⓘ
manage natural resources ⓘ
hasLegalBasis United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
includesArea Bahama Banks ⓘ
Cay Sal Bank ⓘ
Great Bahama Bank ⓘ
linked to: Bahama Banks

Little Bahama Bank ⓘ
linked to: Bahama Banks
legalRegime UNCLOS Part V ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
maximumExtentFromBaseline 200 nautical miles ⓘ
naturalResources fisheries ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
offshore hydrocarbons (potential) ⓘ
seabed minerals (potential) ⓘ
partOf maritime zones of The Bahamas ⓘ
purpose conservation of marine ecosystems ⓘ
economic development through marine sectors ⓘ
sustainable use of marine resources ⓘ
regulatingAuthority Bahamas Department of Marine Resources ⓘ
Bahamas Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources ⓘ
Government of the Bahamas ⓘ
sovereignState The Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cay Sal Bank → partOf → Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ
United States Census Bureau South Atlantic division → bordersCountry → The Bahamas (maritime boundary via Florida) ⓘ
linked to: Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone