The article focuses on the potential impacts of climate change on straddling fish stocks and highly migratory species and the potential for pursuing causes of action under the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. The article also assesses potential barriers to such causes of action

Increasing concerns have been raised about the sustainability of many fish stocks. A number of international instruments, both voluntary and binding, have been formulated to address this. Two important binding agreements designed to adress this problem on a global basis are the 1993 FAO...