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Truman Proclimation
Sept. 28, 1945
Harry Issues two proclimation or executive orders - national policy to be followed respecting the collection of natural resources of marine subsoil to a depth of 100 fathoms (1 fathom = six feet, or 100 fathoms = 600 feet). Primary interest was in oil reserves for the Navy.
Resources were reserved only to sea floor not for
fisheries found in the water column ….
opening a can of worms
South American Countries
later joined by claiming 100 fathom (600ft) or
200-meter (656 feet) isobath
many nations have no continental shelf
so these countries substituted a 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone off their shores, creating a zone similar to the extensive shelf regions of Russia, Canada and the United States
he Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) was established
by the coastal LDCs that possessed no continental shelf. A philosophical departure contradicted the U.S. and President Truman’s claim over bottom resources, to “now” include any resources found within the water column, as well as exclusive rights to Surface Waters, as well.
Therefore, the EEZ allows
a 200 nautical mile jurisdiction claiming exclusive sovereignty over the seabed, subsoil, the water column and fish within it, as well as in some cases the surface of the sea and the air column above it.