Prefatory Note. Note by the Editors. Introductory Remarks; D.A. Harcharik. Keynote Address; F.E. Loy. Panel I: UN Fish Stocks Agreement: Recent Developments and Issues; M.H. Nordquist. The Draft Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; M.W. Lodge. Science and Fisheries Management Entering the New Millennium; D. Butterworth. Developments in the Southeast Atlantic, 1997-1999; A. Jackson. Panel II: Compliance Agreement, Global Issues, and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing; G. Moore. The FAO Compliance Agreement; G. Moore. High Seas Fishing Vessel Database; R. Grainger. Making the New Rules Work: Implementation of the Global Fisheries Instruments; D. Balton. Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing; K. Bray. Panel III: Implementation of UN Convention, Compliance Agreement, and UN Fish Stocks Agreement; L. Christy. Implementing the 1982 UN Convention, the FAO Compliance Agreement, and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement; W. Edeson. Implementing the Law of the Sea Convention, the FAO Compliance Agreement, and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement: A View from the World Bank; D. Freestone. Distant Water State Perspectives; I. Nomura. Southern Bluefin Tuna Dispute; J.-J. Maguire. FAO Rights-Based Fisheries Management Perspective; R. Shotton. Rights-Based Fisheries: A Legal Overview; C. Lería, A. Van Houtte. Panel IV: International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; Z.S. Karnicki. Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Development and Implementation Considerations; D.J. Doulman. Implementing the International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; P.D. Dalton. The FISHCODE Project: Achievements; S.C. Venema. Panel V: Compliance; M.H. Nordquist. The Role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; R. Wolfrum. Compliance; E. Wiseman, R. Steinbock. Legal Aspects of Implementing the FFA Vessel Monitoring System; B. Kuemlangan. Vessel Monitoring Systems; A.R. Smith. Panel VI: Future Directions in Fisheries Management; M.H. Nordquist.Iceland's Proposal about Fisheries Subsidies; T. Ibsen. The Precautionary Approach to Fisheries: Progress Review and Main Issues (1995-2000); S.M. Garcia. The International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity: Retrospect and Prospect; D. Gréboval. Eco-labelling in Fisheries Management; K. Cochrane, R. Willmann. Cumulative Index of Authors and titles Volumes 1-24 (1977-2000).