Congestion on fishing grounds and overfishing have convinced fishermen, economists, and most governments of the necessity to control access to fishing grounds. The living resources of the sea, however, present particularities which may make the task of redefining international fishing rights...

The international law on tuna fisheries management -- International disputes regarding the sustainable exploitation of tuna and tuna-like species -- The five tuna RFMOs [regional fisheries management organizations] : differences and similarities -- Tuna fisheries management in the western and...

Introduction -- Origins and meaning of IUU fishing -- Rationale for an IUU fishing interpretive lens -- Compliance and state responsibility -- IUU fishing as compliance mechanism -- IUU fishing and state accountability -- IUU fishing as flag state accountability paradigm -- Conclusion.

I model the ocean as an array of lines set within a two-dimensional frame, and show how the Exclusive Economic Zone emerged as an equilibrium in customary international law. I find that custom codifies the efficient Nash equilibrium of enclosure for nearshore fisheries. For highly migratory and...