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To: MeDroogies who wrote (3425)	9/23/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: dave rose	Respond to of 13056

<<<<As a result, the best solution is the corporate one.>>> Here is a discussion of a solution to overfishing by the Cato institute. Rather complicated but maybe better than what is done at present. daverose cato.org

To: MeDroogies who wrote (3425)	9/23/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13056

I have been following local fish farm development here in NJ. I wonder what all the agricultural waste and sewage washing out to sea as a result of Hurricane Floyd will do to the fish farms and the coastal ecosystem in general? The LP taking a perceived anti-environmental stand is a losing position, IMO. I'm a staunch libertarian but also a tree hugger and nature and wilderness lover. It's an area that I find difficult to reconcile philosophically at times, I'll have to admit.

To: MeDroogies who wrote (3425)	9/24/1999 2:03:00 AM
From: Dave Reed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

Hi MeDroogies, I see one issue with your solution. It may be that there are fish which are economical to exploit from the open ocean but which it would not make sense to commercially cultivate. One example might be whales (not a fish but you know what I mean.) I think the property rights approach is more sound. If you own something, you bear the full costs of exploiting it. Where there is public property available for exploitation, you have a free-for-all with no individual bearing the costs. I think this is what you see with pollution of the air and water, over-fishing, etc. The link Dave Rose offered was a good one. I think CATO has explained the property rights approach to this issue very well. Dave