Team Six Meeting to discuss more solutions. 8 p.m., Barker Library
meeting
pre-meeting
solutions already proposed
*gps tracking
*fish tax (should we put a fish tax on farmed fish too?)
*eliminate subsidies
*fish can only be imported/exported; outlaw Distant Water Fleets entirely
*sell bycatch instead of throwing it out, but fishermen don't get profits
other potential solutions
*ecolabeling
*licensing who gets to fish in your waters
things we should discuss
*if we're going to create an international governing body, how is this going to fit in with all the pre-existing regional fisheries commissions
*stuff like "reduce your subsidies" and "implement excise taxes" are so far only recommendations, which the UN has a list of already (Common Law, etc.) but, as we know, very few nations implement. what are some economic incentives and methods we could use to get people to comply?
*should we be promoting individual fishermen and small fleet operators and try to bring down the big fishing corporations that could potentially have a monopoly over the industry?
*should we keep the Days at Sea program?