So I might accept your basic premise, but not your suggested remedy. As other have pointed out, the fishermen may not have a lot of other options. better would

So I might accept your basic premise, but not your suggested remedy. As other have pointed out, the fishermen may not have a lot of other options. better would be to deport/repatriate the crew then sink the boat to make an artificial reef. This hurts the boat owners. though, they might then decide to take "revenge" on the crew for costing them a ship... also, in the case the fishing is done by a nation/state, they might consider this an act of war. so it is a tragic problem. and just wait until deep sea mining takes off https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-f...