...as the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres or, beyond...exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas. Article 3 of the Convention provides as follows : "The rights of the coastal State over the continental...

...the e-ibiarine shelf adjacent to the territory of t>ie Republic of Venezuela outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the waters admits of the exploitation of the resources of the sea-bed aud subsoil in accordance...

...record. For clarification and emphasis, article I of the convention states its limits to be "outside the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres, or beyond...exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas * * *." The reason the Conference did not stop at a given depth was because modern techniques are expanding...

...record. For clarification and emphasis, article I of the convention states its limits to be "outside the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres, or beyond that limit to where the depth of the super jacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas...

...the continental shelf, the international agreement uses the term "continental shelf" to refer ". . . (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas...of 200 metres or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the super adjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said...

...as the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres or, beyond...exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas. Article 3 of the Convention provides as follows: "The rights of the coastal State over the continental...

...shelf to which a coastal State can lay claim, but later substituted an extended delimitation, namely, a depth of 200 metres or, beyond that limit, to where...exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas. There was something illogical in the modified proposal. Why, in view of this extension, could not the...

...exploitability test. Article 1 of the Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf therefore provides: "For the purpose of these Articles, the term 'continental...exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas; {/•; to the sea-bed and subsoil of similar marine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands." What...

...follows: ARTICLE 67 "For the purposes of these articles, the term 'continental shelf is used as referring to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent...area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres (approximately 100 fathoms), or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits...

...shelf. It read : "For the purposes of these articles, the term 'continental shelf is used as referring to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent...area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres (approxi* Resolution of dndad Trujillo, Inter-American Specialized Conference on Conservation of Natural...