The aforesaid pieces of territory are well within the 200-nautical miles of exclusive economic zone of the Philippines under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which the Philippines and China have signed and which bind the two countries.
Ang nabanggit na mga teritoryo ay saklaw ng 200-milyang notikal ng eksklusibong sonang ekonomiko ng Pilipinas sa ilalim ng UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) na nilagdaan at dapat ipatupad kapwa ng Pilipinas at China.