...areas adjacent to the coasts of islands of the United States, over which the United States exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources as provided in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, 15 UST 471, TIAS 5578. (c) Enforcement Officer....

...areas adjacent to the coasts of islands of the United States, over which the United States exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources as provided in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, 15 UST 471, TIAS 5578. (c) Enforcement Officer....

...which has been ratified by the United States and entered into force on June 10, 1964, provides that the coastal State exercises over the continental shelf...exploring it and exploiting its natural resources." The "continental shelf" is defined as the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the...

...the Continental Shelf negotiated at Geneva in I!)~i8 and signed by the United States provides that the coastal state exercises over the Continental Shelf sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting its natural resources. The natural resources are defined to include living organisms...

...adjacent to the coasts of islands. Article 2 1. The coastal State exercises over the continent ‘¿ shelf sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring...resources. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 of this article are exclusive in the sense that if the coastal State does not explore the continental...

...limited the degree of control which the coastal state could exercise over the continental shelf to "sovereign rights" for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources. The rights granted to the coastal state in this Convention do not affect the legal status of the superjacent...

...specific rights of a coastal state over the Continental Shelf. Article 2 of this Convention reads: "1. The coastal state exercises over the Continental Shelf...exploring it and exploiting its natural resources. ******* "4. The natural resources referred to in these articles consist of the mineral and other nonliving...

...specific rights of a coastal state over the Continental Shelf. Article 2 of this Convention reads : "1. The coastal state exercises over the Continental Shelf...exploring it and exploiting its natural resources. ******* "4. The natural resources referred to in these articles consist of the mineral and othor nonliving...

...national resources. The 1953 draft of a comparable article (art. 68) of the 1956 ILC drafts reads : "The coastal state exercises over the Continental Shelf sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting its natural resources." " Here it is to be noted that the draft...

...national resources. The 1953 draft of a comparable article (art. 88) of the 1956 ILC drafts reads : "The coastal state exercises over the Continental Shelf sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting its natural resources." ™ Here it is to be noted that the draft...