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Does Any Country Own The Ocean. The control and ownership of the oceans have long been a controversial topic. Indeed, looking at the total territorial areas of countries following the 1982 law, 83 countries are more ocean than land, and 54 countries are more than 80% ocean. Coastal countries typically exercise control over the 200 nautical miles of ocean. No nation can claim to ‘own’ any ocean territory in its entirety. The seas and oceans are considered to be a ‘global commons’, which means that they belong to everyone and no one at the same time. It says that a country may claim an area extending 12 nautical miles from its coast. The foundation is the united nations convention on the law of the sea (unclos 1982). However, countries do have the right to claim ‘exclusive economic. However, countries do have the right to claim ‘exclusive economic zones’ (eezs) up to 200 nautical miles from their coastlines. Since ancient empires began to sail and trade over the seas, command of coastal areas has been important to governments. However, it wasn't until the twentieth century that countries began to come together to discuss the standardization of maritime boundaries. No one owns the ocean. Country’s take on ocean ownership.

The control and ownership of the oceans have long been a controversial topic. However, countries do have the right to claim ‘exclusive economic. However, it wasn't until the twentieth century that countries began to come together to discuss the standardization of maritime boundaries. The seas and oceans are considered to be a ‘global commons’, which means that they belong to everyone and no one at the same time. No one owns the ocean. Since ancient empires began to sail and trade over the seas, command of coastal areas has been important to governments. No nation can claim to ‘own’ any ocean territory in its entirety. Country’s take on ocean ownership. Coastal countries typically exercise control over the 200 nautical miles of ocean. It says that a country may claim an area extending 12 nautical miles from its coast.

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Does Any Country Own The Ocean It says that a country may claim an area extending 12 nautical miles from its coast. The seas and oceans are considered to be a ‘global commons’, which means that they belong to everyone and no one at the same time. However, countries do have the right to claim ‘exclusive economic. However, it wasn't until the twentieth century that countries began to come together to discuss the standardization of maritime boundaries. The foundation is the united nations convention on the law of the sea (unclos 1982). No one owns the ocean. The control and ownership of the oceans have long been a controversial topic. Country’s take on ocean ownership. However, countries do have the right to claim ‘exclusive economic zones’ (eezs) up to 200 nautical miles from their coastlines. No nation can claim to ‘own’ any ocean territory in its entirety. Coastal countries typically exercise control over the 200 nautical miles of ocean. Since ancient empires began to sail and trade over the seas, command of coastal areas has been important to governments. Indeed, looking at the total territorial areas of countries following the 1982 law, 83 countries are more ocean than land, and 54 countries are more than 80% ocean. It says that a country may claim an area extending 12 nautical miles from its coast.