Declaration of 25 August 1980 on the Exclusive Economic Zone and its delimitation.

The Government declares sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates of an Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to its main coasts and to the coasts of its islands in the Gulf and in the Sea of Oman (sect. 1). The Exclusive Economic Zone shall be measured from the baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (sect. 2). The outer limit of the EEZ shall be determined in accordance with provisions of the agreements concluded by the Emirates Members of the Union...". In the case that no such agreement was reached, the EEZ shall extend "to the median line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the baseline" (sect. 3). Section 4 provides for the obligation of foreign fishing vessels to obtain a licence before undertaking fishing operations in the EEZ. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries shall prepare official charts delimiting the EEZ (sect. 8).