page_title: Fishing industry in South Korea
section_title: Exclusive Economic Zones
hierarchical_section_title: Fishing industry in South Korea / Exclusive Economic Zones
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of South Korea's Exclusive Economic Zone
context_page_description: Until the 1960s, agriculture and fishing were the dominant industries of the economy of South Korea. The fishing industry of South Korea depends on the existing bodies of water that are shared between South Korea, China and Japan. Its coastline lies adjacent to ‘The Yellow Sea’, the ‘East China Sea’ and the ‘Sea of Japan’, and enables access to marine life such as Fish and Crustaceans.
context_section_description: South Korea has a prolonged maritime dispute with China after both states agreed to the terms set out by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. This convention sought out to regulate international waters and ensure that each state can claim a zone within 200 nautical miles of its coast. It allowed the state to control and take charge of what occurs within those waters. 
  Whilst the ratification of the convention was settled in 1996 by both countries, it occurred that their declared zones were overlapping across the Yellow Sea. It was argued by South Korea that for a fair and equitable agreement, the 'median line' principle was to determine who had the right to claim the overlapped area. However, China disagreed, and insisted that their population and as well as their coastal extent should be the determining factor in this dispute.
caption: A highlighted area of South Korea's exclusive economic zone
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