Abstract

Marine areas that contain living resources are subject to international protection; their species, one of which is the maritime economic zone, have a special legal status: they can be marine - fishing and territorial areas of general
 purpose. The legislation of Ukraine actualizes the problem of environmental protection, creation of conditions of inviolability of law enforcement activity of a set of norms of various branches of law.
 The general causes and conditions of environmental crime are in the system of contradictions that arise from the interaction of man, society and nature. Their essence is that society, being part of the biosphere, resists the ecosystem due to limited opportunities for nature.
 The growth of environmental crime is facilitated by the shortcomings of current legislation and its protection by relevant government agencies, the lack of mechanisms for its effective implementation.
 Within the zones of general definition, the laws of Ukraine apply to all offenses. Such a zone is recognized as the territory of the respective state and the laws apply to persons who have committed the relevant offenses. In this case, there may be peculiarities in the application of laws that contain a blanket disposition. An example is environmental offenses, the responsibility for which is based on other regulations. In the conditions of such zones, the corresponding normative acts have specifics which distinguish their application in the territory of other states.
 Within the exclusive (marine) economic zone, coastal states have the right to carry out exploration, development, management of natural resources, to exercise jurisdiction over the conservation of the marine environment, to conduct marine research

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