### Question
How is the "straddling stock" defined?


### Answer
The term **straddling stock** is defined in *16 U.S.C. § 7701* as follows -

> a stock of fisheries resources that migrates between, or occurs in, the economic exclusion zone of one or more parties to the Convention and the Convention Area

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 7701*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 96-NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES CONVENTION**

