Basically the US used data to enlarge its ECS by two Californias. Most importantly in the arctic near Alaska. > Although not a signatory to the convention itse

Basically the US used data to enlarge its ECS by two Californias. Most importantly in the arctic near Alaska. > Although not a signatory to the convention itself, the U.S. recognizes UNCLOS as the basis for international maritime law and in 1983 declared its own 200-mile EEZ. America’s EEZ was the largest in the world This is gonna matter a lot now that countries are starting to explore mining the seabeds for minerals