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->No, this is incorrect. They already do regulate it. It is already illegal/ Who regulates 'it'? My point was that ships can fish anywhere but if all nation st
by olivermarks 4y ago
->No, this is incorrect. They already do regulate it. It is already illegal/
Who regulates 'it'? My point was that ships can fish anywhere but if all nation states enforced tight laws about nets the economic penalties would greatly lessen the practice.
- rthomas6 4y agoThis is a tragedy of the commons situation. The illegal fishermen are coming mostly from poor places that don't have the resources or the political will to enforce the rules. They then go fish in places that don't have the resources to enforce their laws.