In most countries fisheries management rules should be based on the internationally agreed, though non-binding, Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, agreed at a meeting of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization FAO session in 1995.
Di banyak negara, manajemen perikanan dibuat berdasarkan perjanjian internasional, meski tidak mengikat, seperti Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, yang disahkan pada pertemuan FAO pada tahun 1995.