Papers presented at a National Seminar on Management Policies for India's Exclusive Economic Zone organized by the Planning Commission and the University of Delhi at the National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, Jan. 20-21, 1994.

I model the ocean as an array of lines set within a two-dimensional frame, and show how the Exclusive Economic Zone emerged as an equilibrium in customary international law. I find that custom codifies the efficient Nash equilibrium of enclosure for nearshore fisheries. For highly migratory and...