Neither Britain nor Argentina can separately gain any internationally recognised rights to exploit the resources of the continental shelf, in the south-west Atlantic, so long as the dispute continues.

On 31 March 2009, the UK made a partial submission in respect of the continental shelf in the Hatton Rockall area of the NE Atlantic. Informal discussions had been taking place with Iceland ...

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during ...

Save LBI Notifies Federal Agencies of Intent to Sue Over Breach of Endangered Species Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands ...

Citizens group Save Long Beach Island has notified federal agencies of its intent to sue offshore wind developer Atlantic ...

The Continental Shelf Delimitation Beyond 200 Nautical Miles provides an up-to-date and informed analysis of the now fast developing, yet confusing, field of the law of maritime delimitation. It ...

For Nigeria to fully realise the economic benefits of the additional continental shelf granted by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) For Nigeria to fully ...

These unique maritime geographic features are defined and codified in international law and establishing rights will extend the United States’ subsea maritime reach well beyond the 200 nautical miles ...

Citing both the Endangered Species Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a local grassroots organization is doubling down on its fight to stop an offshore wind project off the coast of Long ...

However, in 1982, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea introduced the median line principle, which determines jurisdiction over the continental shelf based on distance.