title: Exclusive economic zone of Malta
text: # Exclusive economic zone of Malta
  
  The Exclusive Economic Zone of Malta is a proposed exclusive economic zone by the Government of Malta which will extend Malta's responsibilities by 71,446 $km^2$ beyond territorial waters.
  
  On 12 June 2021 Clyde Caruana, Minister of Finance and Employment, proposed an exclusive economic zone for Malta. Caruana stated that an exclusive economic zone could hold economic potential for "fisheries, artificial islands, wind farms, solar farms, wave-generated electricity and revenue from shipping movements."
  
  