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== Exclusive economic zone ==
{{Main|Exclusive economic zone}}
{{Main|Exclusive economic zone of the United States}}

Since 2007, the [[Dominican Republic]] in [[Hispaniola]] considers itself an [[archipelagic state]], encroaching the long-established median or [[Equidistance principle|equidistance line]] dividing the EEZ of the Dominican Republic and [[Puerto Rico]], and claiming portion of the EEZ claimed by the [[United States]] in relation to the archipelago of Puerto Rico, itself an [[Territories of the United States|unincorporated U.S. territory]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sea Around Us {{!}} Fisheries, Ecosystems and Biodiversity |url=http://www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/eez/630?chart=catch-chart&dimension=taxon&measure=tonnage&limit=10 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=www.seaaroundus.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marine Regions |url=https://www.marineregions.org/eezdetails.php?mrgid=33179&zone=eez_12nm |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.marineregions.org}}</ref> The United States does not accept the archipelagic status and maritime boundaries claimed by the Dominican Republic.<ref>{{cite web |title= Limits in the Seas No. 130 Dominican Republic: Archipelagic and other Maritime Claims and Boundaries |url= https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/221366.pdf |access-date=14 January 2014 |work= United States Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs}}</ref> [[John Robert Victor Prescott|Victor Prescott]], an authority in the field of [[Maritime boundary|maritime boundaries]], argues that, as the coasts of both states are short coastlines with few offshore islands, an [[Equidistance principle|equidistance line]] is appropriate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/oceancapacity/sites/www.un.org.oceancapacity/files/ricardo_paredes_legitimacy_and_legality_dominican_republics_archipelagic_state_unnippon_2018.pdf |title= ANALYSIS ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS AN ARCHIPELAGIC STATE AND ITS LEGALITY UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) AND THE INTERNATIONAL LAW |publisher= DIVISION FOR OCEAN AFFAIRS AND THE LAW OF THE SEA, OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 2018 |date=15 December 2018 |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref>