An EEZ fishing ban becomes a licensing dispute with neighboring states

Would banning foreign fishing within two hundred miles of the United States cause an international confrontation?

It would cause a dispute over fishing licenses and access, with neighboring states likely seeking negotiated exceptions.

The question imagines the United States excluding foreign fishing vessels from waters extending two hundred nautical miles offshore. This would primarily be an exclusive-economic-zone licensing decision rather than a new territorial claim. Other countries would object to losing access, but Canada and Mexico would have strong incentives to seek a regional exception or negotiated arrangement. The distinction matters because an EEZ grants resource rights without turning the entire zone into ordinary sovereign territory.