Exclusive economic zone of the United States

[1] Areas of its EEZ are located in three oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea.

A wedge-shaped section of the Beaufort Sea is disputed between Canada and the United States, because the area reportedly contains substantial oil reserves.

[6] Since 2007, the Dominican Republic in Hispaniola considers itself an archipelagic state, encroaching the long-established median or equidistance line dividing the EEZ of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and claiming portion of the EEZ claimed by the United States in relation to the archipelago of Puerto Rico, which is itself an unincorporated U.S.

[7] The United States does not accept the archipelagic status and maritime boundaries claimed by the Dominican Republic.

[8] Victor Prescott, an authority in the field of maritime boundaries, argues that, as the coasts of both states are short coastlines with few offshore islands, an equidistance line is appropriate.