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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Norfolk Island: 200 nm  
#2  Anguilla: 200 nm  
#3  East Timor: 200 nm  
#4  Bermuda: 200 nm  
#5  Saint Helena: 200 nm  
#6  Cayman Islands: 200 nm  
#7  Christmas Island: 200 nm  
#8  Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 200 nm  
#9  Papua New Guinea: 200 nm  
#10  Coral Sea Islands: 200 nm  
#11  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 200 nm  
#12  Ireland: 200 nm  
#13  British Virgin Islands: 200 nm  
#14  Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 200 nm  
#15  Montserrat: 200 nm  
#16  Faroe Islands: 200 nm  
#17  Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 200 nm  
#18  Gambia, The: 200 nm  
#19  Palau: 200 nm  
#20  Greenland: 200 nm  
#21  Svalbard: 200 nm  
#22  Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 200 nm  
#23  Turks and Caicos Islands: 200 nm  
#24  British Indian Ocean Territory: 200 nm  
#25  United Kingdom: 200 nm  
#26  Netherlands: 200 nm  
#27  Libya: 62 nm  
#28  Malta: 25 nm  
#29  Jersey: 12 nm  
#30  Finland: 12 nm  
#31  Man, Isle of: 12 nm  
#32  Guernsey: 12 nm  
#33  Netherlands Antilles: 12 nm  
Weighted average: 162.0 nm   


DEFINITION: Exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the LOS Convention, some States (e.g. the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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