Many Pacific island nations are minuscule in land size, but their EEZs are vast and rich in marine life. Between them, the recipients are the source of around one-third of the world’s tuna catch ...

Not surprisingly, in a world where oceanic resources — such as oil and fish — are coveted like buried treasure, disputes over EEZs are not uncommon. In the Mediterranean, for example ...

Mr Clive Schofield, head of research for the Global Ocean Institute at the World Maritime University in Sweden, said the EEZs were “particularly critical to the small-island, large-ocean states ...

The shared waters north and east of the Natuna islands saw intense confrontations between the law enforcement agencies of ...