Practice question
A foreign cargo ship crosses an EEZ without fishing or resource exploitation. The coastal State claims that its exclusive fisheries rights alone allow it to forbid all such navigation. Which is best?
- Fisheries rights erase navigation freedoms
- Every EEZ is internal water
- Only coastal ships may cross an EEZ
- The cargo owner must surrender its goods
- Navigation remains recognized, subject to the Convention and due regard obligations
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Articles 56 and 58: https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf
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