New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Calculated sea area of the New Zealand 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone

R.H. Blezard*

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, P.O. Box 19062, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract A calculation of the area of the New Zealand 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone is presented with definitions, cartographic methods, and calculations based on areas of quadrilaterals of the earth's surface of 1° extent in latitude and longitude. An area of 1 181 487 square international nautical miles (4 053 049 km²), ±0.377%, includes enclaves adjacent to the Chatham Rise and the Pukaki Rise retained for assessments related to fisheries research programmes.

Keywords Exclusive Economic Zone; fishery zones; fishery regulations; cartography.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1980, 14(2): 137-138
Received 31 October 1979; revision received 28 February 1980 Fisheries Research Division Publication 401

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