What an Attack in Bulgaria’s EEZ Means Under International Law

Bulgaria’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Black Sea extends to as much as 200 nautical miles, or about 370.4 kilometers, from the coastline or straight baselines, under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and Bulgaria’s Law on the Maritime Spaces, Inland Waterways, and Ports. Because the Black Sea is semi-enclosed and the distance between opposite shores is less than 400 nautical miles, the outer boundaries of Bulgaria’s EEZ have been determined through international delimitation agreements with neighboring coastal states, based on the median line principle. ...