high seas
high seas 公海 除所有国家的内水及领海外的一切覆盖地球表面的海域，包括毗连区和大陆架的上覆水域。公海不在任何国家的管辖之下，各国在公海上享有航行自由、飞越自由、捕鱼自由、铺设海底电缆和管道的自由、海洋科学研究的自由和建造人工岛屿和设施的自由。
high seas
high seas
The seas or oceans beyond the jurisdiction of any country. • Under traditional international law, the high seas began 3 miles from the coast; today, the distance is generally accepted to be 12 miles. Under the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal shores now have a 200-mile exclusive economic zone. —