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Incentives must be identified for companies to implement fish-limiting policies as they may be detrimental to their economies, at least in the immediate short term. When proposing treaties, the UN must be able to convince nations that, in the long term, this will prevent the 'tragedy of the commons' from happening (Numprasertchai and Igel). More international trust can be gathered by the formation of an international body responsible for gathering scientific data and routing it to the different governments (Smith).This can be achieved by allowing scientific and policy representatives from different countries to work together and by allowing access and review of data by professionals from any interested country. Several bodes like this already exist, though more attention should be devoted to them. Governments also need to be educated on the importance of saving the oceans, irrespective of immediate costs, to prevent a global oceanic catastrophe.
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