Vincent Iwunze

NIGERIA’S EXTENDED CONTINENTAL SHELF: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY PROJECT

Under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea, 1982, a coastal State may make submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for extension of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles where the natural prolongation of its shelf exceeds the 200-mile limit. In 2009, Nigeria made submissions to the Commission f...