### Question
What does international conservation and management measures mean?


### Answer
**International conservation and management measures** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 5502*:

> measures to conserve or manage one or more species of living marine resources that are adopted and applied in accordance with the relevant rules of international law, as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and that are recognized by the United States

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 5502*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 75-HIGH SEAS FISHING COMPLIANCE**

