Ⅳ. Follow-up and Institutional Analysis︱ Distant water fisheries nations have the right to fish on the high seas beyond the 200 nautical-mile limit under Article 116 of UNCLOS. At the same time, restrictions are placed on the type of fish stocks, fishing gear, fishing technique, and fishing area14. A number of key documents were subsequently passed by the United Nations to bring about the effective conservation and maintenance of order in international fisheries. The passing of the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10, 1982, relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stock on August 4, 1995, marked the end to the freedom of fishing at will on the high seas15. In the foreword of Distant Waves, former COA deputy minister Sha Chih-I noted that: “Management of high seas, regional disputes over fishing rights, and the Taiwan question spurred the creation of the 1995 UN agreement on fishing stocks.” The unique international status of Taiwan led to the term “fishing entity”16 being coined so that Taiwan could be 13. See Article 56 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. 14. Wang K.H. (2011), Globalization, Maritime Ecology, and New Trends in the Development of International Fisheries Laws, Showwe Information, p.4. 15. Liao, W.C. (2008), The International Law of the Sea: Maritime Delimitation and Fisheries of the High Sea, Yang-Chih Book, p.166. 16. Overseas Fisheries Development Council of The Republic of China (2016), Distant Waves (踏 浪千行), Global Views Commonwealth Publishing, p.13~15. 053