It did reaffirm. however. the concept of the freedom of the seas. the concept of res communis. The Conference did reach agreement that new encroachment upon this concept would be tolerated only when the need was clearly evident. and then only by a grant of strictly limited jurisdiction. not by an extension of territorial jurisdiction. The Conference. by at least a twothirds majority. agreed that. beyond the territorial sea of. say. 3 miles or 4 miles. there could be an area. not more than 12 miles from shore. in which a coastal state could exercise a limited customs. fiscal. immigration. and sanitary jurisdiction. The Conference also agreed to the right of coastal states to exploit the resources of the Continental Shelf and to compulsory measures for the conservation of the living resources of the high seas. As Mr.
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