International agreements on allocation of fish stocks do not apply to other States - can they be prevented from upsetting hard-fought bargains?

Andrew Serdy is a Reader in Public International Law at the University of Southampton. Before his appointment in 2005, he served the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in several diplomatic positions before specialising in the law of the sea in the department's legal branch.

1. The bioeconomics of high seas fishing: new entrants and the tragedy of the commons; 2. New entrants, old problem: allocation principles in the UN Fish Stocks Agreement and other treaties; 3. A wrong turning in international fisheries law: the flawed concept(s) of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; 4. Case study: new entrants and the CCSBT; 5. Quota trading in international fisheries commissions: an idea whose time has come?; 6. Conclusions: a role for State responsibility?