### Question
Can you define what Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement means?


### Answer
**Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 5612*:

> the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 5612*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 76-NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CONVENTION**

