Mission for Team 6
Political solution to international fishing
Economic aspect
Enforcement
Goals
Increase fishing population
Decrease environmental harm
Keep economic impacts in mind
Potential Solutions
*GPS tracking
#1. Coast Guard
#2. Offer bonuses for ex-fishermen to switch to GPS tracking (similar to solution provided in miniproject)
#3. Severe fines to help enforcement efforts
#4. Points/offense system--similar to "three strikes" law
*Quotas and limitations
#1. Quota-trading (like carbon credits)
*Closed areas
#1. Implement in "dead areas"--make them permanently closed, so that it wont have a drastic impact on fishermen and it will allow a heavily-impacted area to come back
Concerns?
*Cultural impact in rural areas abroad
*Financial impact/livelihood
*Source of food
*Quotas--how can we determine what/where quotas will be enforced?
*Nationality doesn't always identify a fishing organization--international companies
Misc
*Grassroots organizations/NGOs restoring fisheries within countries