Should Fish Trawling be outlawed?

[Thought Art]

 

[Lyubov]

Classic tragedy of the commons. This is the issue with the USA in general. 

[Leo Gura]

There are already strict laws on how much fish is allowed to be fished. Those laws just need to be enforced.

America has been regulating fisheries for over 100 years, with good success. Many fish populations have recovered thanks to regulations.

Edited September 21 by Leo Gura

[Thought Art]

@Leo Gura That’s a positive view I don’t share. I’ve heard what it was like 80 years ago. Very sad. 

Edited September 24 by Thought Art

[Leo Gura]

8 hours ago, Thought Art said:

That’s a positive view I don’t share.

Where it fails, it's because regulation enforcement is lacking.

To pass laws and to enforce those laws are two very different things. And then there's corruption on top of that.

Edited September 24 by Leo Gura

[Elliott]

The thing about 'conservation' is it only conserves the minimum sustainable level of species, it provides no elasticity for unexpected disaster, climate change for example.

 

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27-year study found the amount of insects flying in the air has declined 75% — but no one knows why

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Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale – report

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Animal populations have plunged an average of 68% since 1970, as humanity pushes the planet’s life-support systems to the edge

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Global migratory freshwater fish populations plummet by 81%: Report

new global study reveals an average 81% decline in migratory freshwater fish populations between 1970 and 2020.

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Oct 9, 2024 — 73% decline in wildlife populations since 1970, warning of tipping points driven by nature loss

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9 by Elliott