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The most important part of our solution is to stop over-fishing in all parts of the , world and work towards the recovery of global fisheries. To accomplish this, we propose a two step plan where in national governments would set regulations in order to control the consumption of fish. The primary step would be to initiate an initial system of fishing quotas to control the number of fish from any important population to be caught, thus preventing the collapse and eventually raising the population to more natural levels. We favor the use of individual transferable quotas (ITQs), because evidence shows they are more likely to be successful. The second stage, would be regulation of global fisheries by variable taxes on fish that are taken. The hope is to eventually encourage a shift in economics that would encourage sustainable fishing. In general, we wish to advocate that all fisheries use management practices that effectively accomplish the goal of creating sustainable fisheries and take into account the full complexity of ecosystem.
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