Examples
The United States of America
Background:
- A large developed country with a long coastline.
- The United States has the largest exclusive economic zone of an country in the world, at around 4.4 million square miles (11 million square kilometers) (Thurman & Trujillo 2002) and strong enforcement capabilities over their waters.
- High fish demand, generally not for subsistence.
- GDP: $13.13 trillion USD (2006 est)
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At the same time, the United States needs to set a good example for the rest of the world. Increased and better publicized domestic programs to reduce energy consumption and wastefulness will go a long way towards improve the American environmental public image worldwide.
People's Republic of China
Background:
-A developing country with long coastline (18,000 km) and large fish demand.
-Freshwater resources rank 6th in the world, but the resources per capita is only one fourth of the world's average due to large population (Chinese Information Office 1998).
-GDP: $10.17 trillion (2006 est.)
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