Under international law coastal states, as well as those states whose vessels fish for straddling stocks on the high seas, are obliged to cooperate, either directly or through regional organizations like NAFO, to agree on measures that would conserve and ensure the effective and sustainable management of stocks on the high seas, which means outside 200 miles.
En vertu du droit international, les États côtiers et les États dont les bateaux pêchent des stocks chevauchants en haute mer doivent collaborer directement ou par l'entremise d'organisations régionales à l'établissement de mesures de conservation des stocks en haute mer, c'est-à-dire au-delà des 200 milles.