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		justizin on July 28, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Renegade Trawler, Hunted for 10,000 Miles by Vig... > We can setup manageable and productive fisheries that not only can sustain populations but also continue to reproduce and be healthy. We're not, really, though. :/ As long as the demand is highest for the least sustainable fish, someone will haul out and net it for us.

mikeyouse on July 29, 2015 | [–]

There are numerous success stories about managed fisheries bringing back stocks, a good example is the Red Snapper catch share that was setup in the Gulf of Mexico;

http://www.noaa.gov/features/01_economic/catchshares.html

pstuart on July 29, 2015 | [–]

Ye olde tragedy of the commons.

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