Presidential Decree No. 1599 establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone and for other purposes. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Miscellaneous Date 1978 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Photocopy. Subject Sea Keyword EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Maritime zone Sovereignty Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The Decree provides for the establishment of an Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines of 200 nautical miles measured from the baselines (sect. 1) and claims sovereign rights of the Philippines with respect to exploitation and exploration of living and non-living resources in the Zone (sect. 2). Full text English