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Unless the penalities are prohibitively expensive, proportional to the capacity (the more fish the ship can catch, the higher the penalty) and extreme (confisca
by noisy_boy 6y ago
Unless the penalities are prohibitively expensive, proportional to the capacity (the more fish the ship can catch, the higher the penalty) and extreme (confiscation and destruction in case of N no. of repeat offences), unscrupulous operators will continue to use such ships.
- Guthur 6y agoAnd there is the problem you immediately point to this individual McHugh and others like him, and I'm not defending him, but the problem is that the corruption went right the whole way to the top of "democratic" system of Ireland. It was politically untenable for the Irish government to admit this vessel was breaking the rules and they should/did know it would but tried their damnedest to make it work, for whatever popular brownie points they'd get for it.
- djohnston 6y agoI watched Serpico last night and it really captures this phenomenon perfectly, albeit in the context of the NYPD.
- bombcar 6y agoDeclare it piracy and sink-on-sight.
- cptskippy 6y agoPerhaps confiscation of the cargo and immediate sale at well below market rate? That would tank the market and hurt all fishermen. Thus all fishermen would have a vested interest in policing themselves.
- mcguire 6y agoThat has the same tone as executing the family members of convicted killers. A better solution is to confiscate the ship and sell it to the breakers.
- cptskippy 6y agoThere's no self policing in that situation, just a greater emphasis on not getting caught. By selling the cargo below market rate, everyone has a stake. They'll either collude on large scale or turn on each other in acts of self preservation.