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Exclusive Economic Zone: from the Law of the Sea, Part V, Article 55, the exclusive economic zone is "an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction of the coastal State and the rights and freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of this Convention."

Fish stock: population of a species separate from other populations (FAO Fisheries Glossary); a manageable unit.

Territorial sea: from the Law of the Sea, Part II, Section 2, the territorial sea is "a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baselines determined in accordance with this Convention" for the definition of baseline as "the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal State."