Fiji, Oct. 21 -- Fiji is seeking international recognition of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the South Fiji Basin, with its claim covering the Lau-Colville and Tonga-Kermadec Complex region.

Fiji presented its case to a subcommission of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on Monday in New York, outlining the scientific and legal basis of its partial submission.

The claim concerns the seabed and subsoil beyond Fiji's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, where a coastal state may establish the outer limits of its continental shelf if it meets the scientific and legal requirements under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The s...