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> Dude are you American or just uneducated. In the states we have a thing called congress and presidents need congressional approval to rectify international treaties. What you quoted there is a political statement by one of US president which new flash, is not law! In fact if you just scroll down a bit you will see senate never approved this international treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea « the Conference continued until its final meeting in late 1982, at which time the final act was signed and the Convention was opened for signature. As time went on, it became clear that the United States, among other developed states, was not willing to agree to Part XI of the Convention concerning deep seabed portions and mining of potentially valuable metals." (...) In March 1983 President Ronald Reagan, through Proclamation No. 5030, claimed a 200-mile exclusive economic zone. In December 1988 President Reagan, through Proclamation No. 5928, extended U.S. territorial waters from three nautical miles to twelve nautical miles for national security purposes. However a legal opinion from the Justice Department questioned the President's constitutional authority to extend sovereignty as Congress has the power to make laws concerning the territory belonging to the United States under the U.S. (...) **The United States accepted all but Part XI as customary international law.** (...) In 1990, consultations were begun between signatories and non-signatories (including the United States) over the possibility of modifying the Convention to allow the industrialized countries to join the Convention. The resulting 1994 Agreement on Implementation was adopted as a binding international Convention. Thus, modifications to that provision were negotiated, and an amending agreement was finalized in July 1994. **The U.S. signed the Agreement in 1994 and now recognizes the Convention as general international law**, but has not ratified it at this time. UNCLOS entered into force in November 1994 with the requisite sixty ratifications. » YOU ARE CONFUSING PART XI SEABED MINING LAW WHICH THE US NEVER AGREED UPON WITH THE REST OF SEA LAW WHICH IS RECOGNIZED AS INTERNATIONAL LAW BY THE US