Re: New Utopia
den Otter (neosapient@geocities.com)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:16:26 +0200
GBurch1@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-06-27 13:38:18 EDT, Randy Smith wrote:
>
> > Apparently the founders of New Utopia are of the opinion that 100
> > miles from the nearest country is the pertinent distance.
> > Appended belwo is a letter taken from the New Utopia website that is
> > addressed to the UN:
>
> Yeah, I saw that and, with all due respect, they're completely WRONG. I have
> few claims to distinction, but one of them is having worked on a case for TEN
> YEARS that actually turned on the legal regime of the Exclsuive Economic Zone
> defined in UNCLOS. The EEZ is 200 miles:
>
> "Article 57
> BREADTH OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
> The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from
> the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured."
>
> http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/opor/Treaties/unclos2.html
>
> Here's a map clearly showing the U.S. claim to it's EEZ:
>
> http://www.nwn.noaa.gov/sites/afsc/USEEZ.html
>
> Although there's no scale, it sure looks like 200 miles rather than 100 miles
> to me. Here's another source validating the 200 mile figure:
>
> http://www.tradecompass.com/library/books/terms/ExclusiveEconomicZone.htm
> l
>
> And here's Australia's claim to 200 miles:
>
> http://www.auslig.gov.au/marbound/eez.htm
Yes, I checked up on the Seychelles and they have a 200 mile "Exclusive
Economic Maritime Zone", that can hardly be a coincidence. However,
for doing business from a ship only the 20 mile radius is relevant
(as long as you don't fish or mine the bottom).
> Finding these citations took me all of about two minutes. I know of no zone
> in the ocean that is set to a 100 mile limit. Maybe these guys need to get
> themselves a lawyer before they start pouring concrete.
Or buy some mighty big guns. ;-)