this section presents a summary of the fisheries management toolbox generally used worldwide to apply fisheries management administration and discusses its strengths and weaknesses and its responsiveness to the uncertainty of the pending impacts of climate change the code of conduct for responsible fisheries fao highlighted the common theme in its call for responsible and sustainable management of fisheries recently fisheries management objectives are under criticism in regimes experiencing declining fish stocks falling catches and the anticipated negative impacts of climate change on the status of our oceans and waters