To accommodate five “founders,” a designation in this legislation requires a certain ratio to be between 1:1 and 9:1. This legislation defines “sedentary” species as moving only in “constant physical contact” with the ground. This legislation uses equivalent nickel quotas to define quotas in “the Area,” the first subject of the phrase “common heritage of mankind.” This legislation is enforced from Kingston, Jamaica by the ISA. This legislation led to negotiations on “straddling” resources in areas like the (*) “Peanut Hole.” In 2023, a section on “biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction” was added to this legislation. This legislation defines a “contiguous zone” twice as wide as 12-mile “territorial” areas and excludes “rocks which cannot sustain human habitation” in defining 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zones. For 10 points, name this foundational set of international maritime laws. ■END■
ANSWER: UNCLOS [accept UN Convention on the Law of the Sea] (The first line refers to the definition of archipelagic states, whose five initial examples are the Bahamas, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.)
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