Advantages and disadavantages of having a long coastline and a large EEZ

Advantages:

• One advantage of having a large EEZ is that you have special rights over the exploration 
• use of marine resources 
•  Tourism in Australia e.g great barrier reef
• economy

Disadvantages:

• A disadvantage of having a longer coastline and large EEZ asylum seekers would be a problem
• Japanese whalers would have to be watched by coastguards 
• A longer area would mean harder to patrol the if you had a small EEZ