 With effect from 31 March 2014, the UK and Ireland published EEZ limits which include Rockall within the UK's EEZ.In October 2012, the "Irish Independent" published a picture of the Irish Navy ship "LÉ Róisín" sailing past Rockall conducting routine maritime security patrols, and claimed that it was exercising Ireland's sovereign rights over the rock.The UK claims Rockall along with a territorial sea around the islet inside the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).