Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone Flag

The Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone maritime flag uses the EEZ colours of green, white, and black but the old naval flag pattern is used since Palau and Bangladesh also uses discs on a field.  Subsequently the connection to Japan is irrefutable. 

This flag is also for Japanese nationals who happen to be born in this special international space, as a birthright.

French Contiguous Maritime Zone Flag

The French Contiguous Maritime Zone flag conserves the French national colours. 

This is a birthright flag for any person born in this international space that is under the protection of French security forces. 

UK Contigous Zone Maritime Waters Flag

The flag for the UK contiguous zone waters flag maintains the UK flag design yet the colours are altered into the standard black and orange pattern of the international contiguous zone flags. 

It is in the special maritime area where British security forces and coast guards have full legal effect in this thin zone of international waters.  These international waters are totally international, yet the UK maintains certain protected police and security rights above all nations.

Finally persons who happen to be born in this area can utilize this flag as a birthright.

Canadian Contiguous Zone Flag

The Canadian Contiguous Zone maritime flag uses the colours of black and orange on the national flag.  It indicates that these waters are international but Canada can enforce security searches and other types of police measures on boats that happen to enter these twilight type of international waters. 

French Exlucsive Economic Zone flag

The French Exclusive Economic Zone flag uses the set heraldic pattern of the international Exclusive Economic Zone flag.  But only the colours white and green are used.  The pattern of the national flag of France is conserved and repeated.

Switching the colours of the French flag with green or black would naturally confuse persons as to which flag it belongs to.  France's colours and pattern are distinct when combined but her pattern is rather common place as many nations follow that vertical tri-bar pattern.  But in this arrangement it can be more easily discerned that this flag is in some way connected to France.

Likewise French nationals born in the France's Exclusive Economic Zone can use this flag.

United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone Flag

Exclusive Economic Zone flags typically conserve the pattern of the host nation, but if a nation should have a distinct flag then the application of EEZ colours is appropriate.   Here we have he United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone flag. 

The pattern denotes that this area is related to the United Kingdom.  Although an free international passage is legal, matters of economic capacity are reserved for ships and boats flagged with a UK flag.

Likewise any British subject born in this area can use this flag as their sub-national born at sea flag.  

Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone Flag

The Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone, Maritime Area Flag uses the Exclusive Economic Zone colours: black, green and white.  This flag is an indicator flag that although a ship is in international waters, the economic rights for the sea are totally under Canadian cotrol.

Since the Canadian flag has distinct recognizable pattern, thanks to the maple leaf the pattern is kept intact while the colours have shifted.

Finally this flag is for persons born in Exclusive Canadian Economic Zone.  Persons who have Canadian parents can fly this flag and are Canadian citizens.  However those without Canadian ancestry have a reservation to become Canadian citizens after a certain economic requirement is met.