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Given that ~80% of the GPGP is from commercial fishing, I don't know how we ever stop them or catch them. A factory can be checked at its outflows. We'd have to
by snarf21 2y ago
Given that ~80% of the GPGP is from commercial fishing, I don't know how we ever stop them or catch them. A factory can be checked at its outflows. We'd have to monitor and catalog everything on every fishing ship and that just doesn't scale. At best we could add a fee to global commercial fishing fee to all boats based on the wholesale of their catch and spend that on clean up and other sustainability efforts.
- loceng 2y agoAre all countries currently honest with their fishing practices, e.g. catch sizes, etc?
- liveoneggs 2y agoNo countries are honest about any aspect of fishing
- snarf21 2y agoI assume not but that could become tied the ability to import and the western countries could try to drive that. Again, not an easy thing to even get your head around let alone implement.
- c420 2y agoYou're assuming Western countries are compliant https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/06/eu-failing-to-enforce-fishing-rules-say-campaigners https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/06/...
- loceng 2y agoSo the solution is use tax money instead to commission citizen-run oversight then?