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Marine and Freshwater
Environmental Governance

Definition(s)

All parts of the sea that are not included in the exclusive economic zone, in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the archipelagic waters of an archipelagic State. (Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 86)

Hierarchy

Broader: maritime zone

In other languages

French
haute mer
Russian
открытое море
Spanish
alta mar
Chinese, Simplified
专属经济区
Arabic
أعالي البحار