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More specifically, I'd call it a "tragedy of the commons" problem. The simplest solution is to make the fishing rights for the waters a property that can be bo
by BurningFrog 1y ago
More specifically, I'd call it a "tragedy of the commons" problem.
The simplest solution is to make the fishing rights for the waters a property that can be bought and sold.
If you overfish in that system, you get no income in the future years, so greed will make you manage the fish responsibly.
This is probably very hard to do within the current international law framework.
- helicone 1y agofish migrate
- crazygringo 1y agoThat doesn't work when fish swim between properties.
- elboru 1y agoBuild a wall?
- BrenBarn 1y agoAnd make the fish pay for it?
- BurningFrog 1y agoMake them big enough and it works well enough. This works reasonably well in territorial waters.
- justincormack 1y agoI seem to remember some calculations that the present value was higher if you overfished once. If interest rates are high anyway.
- LorenPechtel 1y agoYeah, the only real solution is to eliminate commons. In case of the ocean I would say that every country should have the economic right to all points in the ocean closer to them than to any other country. Everyone else gets free passage (subject to your reasonable environmental laws) and to engage in scientific operations, but only the country has any right to remove anything beyond scientific samples. It's not perfect given that some species move about, but it would go a long ways towards controlling the problem.